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d. Sericellce. Pileus smooth, dry, silky, never scaly, moist or 



viscid, flocculose in 121. 



Gills broad, somewhat thick, subdistant, except 115. Odour 

 strong, fetid. 113 — 116 



Gills narrow, thin, crowded. Odour none, except 119. 



117—121 

 B. Pileus smooth, moist in wet weather, not viscid, downy or scaly. 

 Flesh soft, spongy, watery, hygrophanous. 



e. Guttata. Pileus thick, fleshy. Stem obese, solid. Odour 



pleasant. Usually vernal ; often growing in troops, or 



caespitose or forming large rings. 

 Gills whitish. 122—124 



Gills changing colour, rufescent or smoky. 125 — 127 



/. Spongioses. Pileus obtuse, smooth, moist, except 133 ; not 



hygrophanous. Gills sinuato-decurrent. Often late autumnal. 



Usually growing in troops. Must not, on account of the 



sinuato-decurrent gills, be confounded with Clitocybe. 

 Gills whitish. 128 — 134 



Gills changing colour. 135 — 142 



g. Hygrophancz. Pileus hygrophanous, changing colour on 

 parting from its absorbed water. 



Gills white or faintly brownish, unspotted. 143 — 148 



Gills becoming violet, grey, or smoky. 149 — 152 



a. Limacince. 



73. T. equestre Quel, (from its being the handsomest of the group ; 



eques, a knight) a b c. 

 P. gibbous, then expanded, sulphur-olive or ochraceous, streaked 

 olive-brown or olive-purplish. St. sulphur-olive, sulphur-white 

 within. G. sulphur-olive. 



Taste pleasant or none ; odour none. Woods, fir ; uncommon. Aug. -Nov. 

 4 X 2f X i. 



73a. T. eoryphseum Gill, (from its position as type of group; Gr. 

 koriphaios, a leader). 

 P. white, shaded sulphur-white or sulphur, punctato-virgate with 

 dull purplish scales. St. equal to obclavate, white, shaded 

 sulphur-white. G. crowded, white, edged or clouded pale 

 sulphur. 

 Under beeches. Nov. 2\ x 4 X % in. 



74. T. sejunetum Quel, (from the gills, separated from the stem ; 



sejwictus, separated) a b c. 

 P. at first umbonate, buff or yellow, streaked brownish or purple- 

 sooty. St. white, clouded pale yellow. G. white. 



Taste disagreeable, bitter ; odour strong of rancid meal. Woods, chiefly 

 pine; uncommon. Sept. -Nov. 4^ x 4! X \ in. 



