50 AGARICUS. 



Tricholoma. Fragile. Odour of new meal. Flesh of the pileus when the plant is moist 

 obscurely hyaline, hygrophanous. Allied to A. ciaieifoliiis in its very fragile 

 nature and odour, but larger and distinguished by many marks. 



On grassy ground. Hothorpe Norths, (Sec. 



Name — ater, black, cinereus, ash-coloured. Pers. Syn. p. 348. Fr. 

 Mofwgr. i. p. 72. Hyin. Eur. p. 60. Ico7i. t. '^\. f. 2.. C. Illust. PI. 52. a. 



91. A. cuneifolius Fr. — Pileus 1-2.5 cent. (K-i in.) broad, 

 fuscous or livid, slightly fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, at 

 length depressed, even, smooth, then cracked, ofte?i conce?itrically, 

 into broad scales. Stem 2.5-4 cent. {1-1% in.) long, 2-4 mm. 

 (1-2 lin.) thick, rarely more, hollow, attenuated downwards, rarely 

 equal, somewhat fibrillose becoming smooth, white-pruinose at the 

 apex, pallid. Gills obovate-wedge-shaped, very much attenuated 

 behind, slightly adnexed but somewhat decurrent, in front how- 

 ever dilated and obliquely truncate, crow^ded, connected by veins, 

 fragile, white. 



The smallest of this group, very fragile ; odo7ir of new meal. It is most 

 distinct from the form of the gills and odour. 



In pastures, &c. Frequent. Sept.-Nov, 



Surface of the pileus rufous where not broken up. M.J.B. Spores ellipsoid, 

 4-6x2-3 mk. K.; 5 mk. W.G.S.; ovoid-pruniform, finely punctate, 5-6 mk. 

 Q. Name — cu7ieus, a wedge, folirim, a leaf. From the shape of the gills. 

 Fr. Monogr. i. p. 72. Hym. Eur. p. 61. Berk. Out. p. 102. C. Hbk. n. 

 60. Illust. PL 52. b. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 54. A. cinereo-rimosus Batschf. 206. 

 C. Illust. PI. 261. A. ovinus var, Btill. t. 580. a, b. 



■^^ Gills changing colour, &^c. 



92. A. crassifolius Berk.— Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, 

 ochraceous, disc umber, fleshy, rather wavy, umbonate, at length 

 often depressed, minutely adpresso-squamulose ; flesh very firm. 

 Stem 4-5 cent. {1^2-2 in.) long, 9 mmx. (^ in.) thick, solid, nearly 

 equal, pruinose, much paler than the pileus. Gills slightly 

 adnexed or nearly free, acute behind, moderately distant, thick, at 

 length yellowish, stained with brown. 



Gregarious, subcaespitose. Smell rather strong. Sometimes in large old 

 specimens the epidermis cracks in broad scales, but then these are clothed with 

 the smaller ones. The gills have somewhat the appearance of those of 

 DcBdalia betulina. It does not appear to be viscid in any state. 



In fir woods. Uncommon. Oct. 



Name — crassus, thick, folium, a leaf. From the thick gills. Berk. Out. 

 p. 100. C. Hbk. n. 55. Illust. PI. 92. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 6i. A. pachy- 

 phyllus Bei'k. Eng. Fl. v. p. i6. 



