CLASSIFICATION OP AGARK 



by some authors, e. g. Roze, i Bull, de la Boc. bot. de France, 187( 

 Schroeter, (Die Pilze Schlesians, Vol. I, 1885), and Barle, (Bull. 

 X. v. Hot. (ianlcii. \*ol. V., L908). The first two authori Include 1 

 only species whose cortina is sufficiently developed i" l< 

 ring on the stem. Barle extended 11 .1- abovi 11 seeing bettei 

 keep the species which belong here subordinate on account of tl 

 close relation to the genus Tricholoma ;is ;i wholi 

 species need further studj to determine their exacl positioi 

 following sections are taken in the sense of Fr 



Section I. Oenuina. Pellicle <>i j 1 i 1 < -u - torn into Abrilln 

 floccose scales, its margin ;ii firsl involute. 



Gills not becoming rufescent, cinereou blackish. 



724. Tricholoma rutilans Fr. 



Svst. Myc, 1821. 



Illustrations: Cooke, 111.. PI. 89. 



Gillet, Champignons de France, No. <i'.»7. 

 Michael, Fiihrer f. Pilzfreunde, \'<>l. I. No. 54. 

 Ricken, Blatterpilze, PI. 91, Fig. 1. 



PILEUS 4-8 cm. broad, campanulate-expanded, dry, .11 111 

 covered with a purplish-red tomentum, »ooti tomentot / irith 



(lurk reddish scales <>n the yellowish surface beneath, margin 

 lirst involute. FLESH yellow, moderately thick. GILLS rounded 

 adnate then emarginate, crowded, rather narrow, yello 

 yellow, thickish, edgi flocculus.. STEM 5-10 cm. curved, 



equal, stuffed then hollow, yellow or yellowish within and with 

 or variegated with minuti reddish tomento 8POR S 



oblong, 6-7x3-4 micr., white. CYSTIDlA none; stcriU 

 edge of .uills numerous, large, clavate-inflated, narrowed 

 base, 65 LOO micr. long, 15-20 micr. thick above. ODOH PA8TE 



mild. 



Solitary <»r caespitose "ii decaying w I of pine, balsam 



hemlock. Isle Royale, Baj View, Boughton, Nen Richmond. J 

 ( October. I ofrequent. 



This is one of the fen species of Tricholoma inhal 

 1 1 also departs from the other Tricholomas in having well 

 sterile cells on the edge ol the Ki" s . a mod 



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