40 AGARICACEiE Tricholoma 



120. T. earneum Quel, (from its flesh-colour ; card) a b c. 



P. becoming whitish. St. attenuate downwards, paler than P. 

 G. white. Flesh white. 



Fields and waysides in woods ; frequent. May-Oct. if X U X | in. 



121. T. eselatum Gill, (from its umbilicus, chiselled out; ccehim, a 



chisel) a b c. 



P. becoming flocculose, brownish, then pale grey. St. pale 



brown. G. dull white or grey. 



Woods, downs. April-Sept. \\ X \\ X T 3 S in. Resembling certain species 

 of Omphalia. 



e. Guttata. 



122. T. gambosum Gill, (from the hoof-like pileus ; gamba, a hoof) 



a b c. Buff-white. 



P. hemispherical. G. crowded. 



Solitary or 2-3 connate ; in large rings or troops. Edible if gathered in dry 

 weather and not rank smelling. Odour strong of new meal, pleasant, 

 varying to rank as in Polyporus squamostis . Fields and downs. April- 

 July. 3|x 2 X i^in. " St. George's mushroom." Must not be confounded 

 with 133 or the solitary form of 123. 



123. T. albellum Quel, (albus, white) a b c. 



P. conical, then convex, pale dull yellowish-white. St. ovato- 

 bulbous, colour as P. G. very crowded. 



Solitary or connate. Taste pleasant ; odour weak. Woods. April-Oct. 

 Solitary — 3 X 2 x 1 in. Connate — if X ij X \ in. The connate form 

 must not be confounded with connate 153. 



124. T. boreale Karst. (from its growing chiefly in northern countries ; 



borealis, northern) a b c. 



P. subumbonate, flesh-colour. St. attenuate downwards, pale 



flesh-colour. G. crowded. 



Said to be edible. Odour of fresh meal. Grassy places. 2f x 2| x J in. 

 Not unlike 648 in general appearance. 



125. T. amethystinum Gill, (from its colour) a. 

 P. livid lilac or grey-purple. St. livid. 

 Woods, pine. Sept. 2§ X 2 X \ in. 



126. T. tigrinum Quel, (from the markings on the pileus) a b. 

 P. pallid brown, spotted-brown. St. white. 



Solitary or coespitose. Odour usually none, sometimes fetid. Woods, fir, 

 open places; rare. June- July. Allied to 129 and 142. 



127. T. pes-eaprse Quel, (from a fancied resemblance in the stem to 



a goat's foot, pes-caprce) a c. 

 P. umbonate, fragile, grey or brownish; marg. cracked. St. 

 brownish-white. G. becoming ashy, rarely olive. 



Odour of meal. Open places, under oaks. Oct. -Nov. 1$ x 2f X § in. 

 Var. multiforme Mass. Smaller and flesh of pileus thinner than type, 

 gregarious. 



