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AGARIC AC E^E Tricholoma 



134. T. leueoeephalum Quel. (Gr. leukos, white, cefihak, head) a b c. 



Unchanging white. 



P. silky-downy. St. attenuate downwards. G. rounded. 



Odour strong and pleasant of new meal. Woods, amongst leaves, lawns, 

 numerous specimens growing through, the flattened remains of a dead 

 hedgehog. Aug. -Oct. i\ x 2f x § in. 



135. T. aeerbum Quel, (acerbus, bitter) a b c. 



P. viscid when moist, buff or brown ; marg. involute brown- 

 wrinkled. St. solid, squamulose, light buff, darker below. 

 G. crowded, pallid, then spotted or rufescent. 



Taste usually bitter, sometimes none ; odour strong and unpleasant, some- 

 times pleasant or none. Woods, shady places ; frequent. Aug.-Dec. 

 6 x 3j X \\ in. 



136. T. militare Gill, (from its appearance as contrasted with 137 ; 



miles ; a soldier) a. 

 P. very fleshy, viscid, cinnamon ; marg. white-floccose. St. 



pallid. G. somewhat crowded, becoming livid-spotted. 

 Csespitose or in rows. Taste and odour unpleasant. Woods. Oct. 



Si X 3l X I in. 



137. T. civile Gill, (from its appearance as contrasted with 136 ; 



avis, a citizen) a c. 

 P. subfleshy, subviscid, pale yellowish ; mid. darker. St. 



whitish. G. becoming pale yellow, rarely spotted. 

 Odour none. Woods, pine. Oct. -Nov. 3 X 2\ x h in. Resembling an 



exannulate 17. 



138. T. personatum Que'l. (from its mask — the velvety edge of the 



pileus and the scales on the stem as contrasted with 139 ; 



persona, a mask) a b c. 



P. very fleshy, somewhat pale livid-brown. St. brownish, bright 



purple above, brittle below. G. livid, sometimes becoming 



purplish. 



Solitary or gregarious. Edible in dry weather, soddened and unwholesome 

 in wet. Pastures and downs, sometimes woods ; common. June-Nov. 

 5^ X 3| X I in. The "bluette," "blewitt," or "blue-leg." Often con- 

 founded with 139 and 1039. 



138a. T. glaueoeanum Bres. {glaums, bluish-grey, canus, grey- 

 whitish) a b. 

 P. fleshy, somewhat soft, convexo-expanded, moist; marg. involute, 

 somewhat flocculoso-pruinose. St. solid, bulbous, fibrilloso- 

 striate, subsquamulose above, whitish-grey. G. emarginate, 

 very crowded, separating from hymenophore, purple-greyish. 



Edible. Taste mild ; odour strong of new meal. Under conifers. Autumn. 

 2^ x 3 X f in. At length wholly hoary. Intermediate between 138 

 and 139. 



138b. T. ssevum Gill, (from its aspect ; stevus, sinister) a. 



P. convex, then plane, pallid brownish. St. somewhat shaggy- 

 squamulose, bright lilac-purple, lighter above, white at base. 

 G. crowded, pallid whitish. 

 On the earth, in woods, pasturages. Nov. 3! x 2| X £ in. 



