The =pileus= is convex, expanded, moist, smooth, grayish to brownish tinged with lilac or purple, especially when young, fading out in age. When young the pileus is sometimes adorned with white mealy particles, and when old the margin may be more or less upturned and wavy. The =gills= are crowded, rounded next the stem, and nearly free but close to the stem, violet or lilac when young, changing to dull reddish brown when old. The =spores= when caught in mass are dull pink or salmon color. They measure 7--9 µ long. The =stem= is solid, fibrous, smooth, deep lilac when young and retaining the lilac color longer than the pileus. Sometimes the base is bulbous as in Fig. 87. This plant is regarded by all writers as one of the best of the edible fungi. Sometimes the pileus is water soaked and then the flavor is not so fine. The position of the plant is regarded as doubtful by some because of the more or less russety pink color of the spores when seen in mass, and the ease with which the gills separate from the pileus, characters which show its relationship to the genus _Paxillus_. =Tricholoma sejunctum= Sowerb. =Edible.=--This plant occurs on the ground in rather open woods during late summer and in the autumn. It is 8--12 cm. high, the cap 5--8 cm. broad, and the stem 10--15 mm. in thickness. [Illustration: FIGURE 89.--Tricholoma sejunctum. Cap light yellow, streaked with dark threads on the surface, viscid. Stem and gills white (natural size, often larger). Copyright.] The =pileus= is convex to expanded, umbonate, viscid when moist, light yellow in color and streaked with dark threads in the surface. The flesh is white, and very fragile, differing in this respect from _T. equestre_, which it resembles in general form. The =gills= are broad, rather distant, broadly notched near the stem, and easily separating from the stem. The =stem= is solid, smooth and shining white. Figure 89 is from plants collected at Ithaca. It is said to be edible. [Illustration: PLATE 28, FIGURE 90.--Clitocybe candida. Entirely white (natural size). Copyright.] [Illustration: PLATE 29, FIGURE 91.--Clitocybe candida. Under view of nearly lateral stemmed individual (natural size). Copyright.] CLITOCYBE Fr.