The stem is two to three inches long, stuffed, elastic, equal, at first violaceous, then becoming pale, more or less mealy. Spores 7×3.5µ
I found some very fine specimens among the leaves in the woods in Haynes' Hollow, near Chillicothe. October and November.
Tricholoma gambosum. Fr.
St. George's Mushroom. Edible.
Gambosum, with a swelling of the hoof, gamba. The pileus is three to six inches broad, sometimes even larger; very thick, convex, expanded, depressed, commonly cracked here and there; smooth, suggesting soft kid leather; margin involute at first, pale ochre or yellowish white.
The gills are notched, with an adnexed tooth, densely crowded, ventricose, moist, various lengths, yellowish white.
The stem is short, solid, flocculose at apex, substance creamy white; swollen slightly at the base. The spores are white.
It is called St. George's mushroom in England because it appears about the time of St. George's day, April 23d. It frequently grows in rings or crescents. It has a very strong odor. Its season is May and June.
Tricholoma portentosum. Fr.
The Strange Tricholoma. Edible.