40 AGARICUS. I 



Tricholoma. ccnt. (3-5 in.) long, 12 mm. {% in.) thick, rufescent or becoming 

 fuscous, hollow, commonly ventricose (attenuated at both end^, 

 equal only when smaller, rwioMS-Jibrillose, at the first viscid, atd 

 naked at the apex. Gills e?}iarginate and at the same time 'e- 

 markably deairrent with a toothy crowded, light-yellow, spottsd- 

 rufous when touched or with age. / 



Odour of new meal, strong, rancid. Commonly growing in troops, and often 

 caespitose. Sometimes the^'gills vary in colour pallid, nay whitish ; such t)rms 

 are often confounded with A. albobru7i7ieus. Among varieties there is oie to 

 be separately noted, th2?i?ier, with the pileus and the equal stem thin, thepaler 

 pileus even and wrinkled-dotted only at the disc, and the gills whitish. / 



In deciduous woods. Frequent, Sept.-Oct. / 



Fries notes that it is commonly found in birch woods. Name — y?^zz/?^?, light- 

 yellow, bruftficus, brown. From the brown pileus and yellow gills. Fr. ilonogr. 

 \. p. 56. Hyni. Eur. p. 51. Icon. t. 27./. i. Berk. Out. p. 98. C.Hbk. n. 

 45. Illust. PL 58. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 41. Letell. t. 707. 



70. A. albobrunneus Pers. — Pileus about 7.5 cent. (3 in.f broad, 

 beautiful brown, fleshy, but compact only at the disc, ca7npin7date 

 then hemispherical, viscid, becoming even, but remarkably :treaked 

 with i7i7iate fibrils., the thin margin, which is at first ircurved, 

 often wrinkled-crenate ; flesh scissile, shining white. StBm 4-5 

 cent. (i>2-2 in.) long, 2.5-4 cent, (i-i/^ in.) thick, solid, b<coming 

 hollow only when old, firm, equal, at first sight smooth, when more 

 closely examined the surface fibrillose-evened, dry (not nscous), 

 rufescent, constantly white, however, at both ends and chiefly at 

 the apex where it is white 77iealy ; flesh compact, shinirg white. 

 Gills rounded-emarginate, not decurrent, scarcely crowded, very 

 broad, 6 mm. (3 lin.) and more, firm, at first shi7ii7ig wh\te, soon, 

 however, becoming pale or rufescent. 1 



The pileus varies date-brown and umber. Very remarkable, scarcely allied 

 \q A. Jlavobrunneus. Odour none ; taste mild. 



In woods. Frequent. Sept. -Nov. \ 



Spores 3x4 mk. W.G.S. Name — c/^z^i-, white ; brunneus, brown From 

 the brown pileus and white gills. Pers. Syn. p. 293. Fr. Monogr. \. p. £7. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 51. Be7'k. Out. p. 98. C. Hbk. n. 47. Ilhist. PI. 197. S". 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 42. Viviani t. 32. Barl. t. 12. A. striatus Schceff. t. 3?. 

 A. compactus Sow. t. 416. 



71. A. ustalis Fr. — Pileus bay-brown-rufous, fleshy, 7iot 00771- 

 pact, hemispherico-expanded, at first umbonate, soon plane and 

 obtuse, eve7i, smooth, 7iot streaked., slightly wrinkled-dotted onl) 

 at the disc ; flesh white, becoming red here and there when broken. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, about 12 mm. {Yz in.) thick, stuffed 

 then hollow, equal, somewhat rooted, d7y, fibrillose, whitish or 



