172 A CATALOGUE OF BEITISH POISONOUS FUNGI. 



Habitat. On dung, and in meadows. In tufts, and scattered. 



Seas07i. May to December. Common. 



Pileus. Half to one inch across, pallid, dingy, or buff-drab, 

 smooth, sleek, viscid in wet ; hemispherical, even, obtuse. 



Stem. Two to four inches high, tint of pileus, slender, upright, 

 silky-smooth, viscid in wet, even, equal. Base slightly enlarged. 

 Ring slight, complete, membranaceous, often blackened. 



Sectio7i. Flesh thin, white, soft. Stem fistulose. Gills pallid, 

 clouded with black, very broad, horizontal, serrulate, denticulate, 

 broadly adnate. Odourless. Taste insipidly disagreeable. Spores 

 purplish. 



Ohs. Its principle is irritant, but not strongly developed. The species grows 

 among Oreads, and has sometimes been carelessly mingled with them. Stro. 

 ffirugiuosa is also suspected. — IV. D. H. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-genus TRICHOLOMA. 



(XXII.) AGARICUS SPERMATICUS ; Tricholoma spermatica ; 

 The Stinker. 



Habitat. In woods of fir and pine. Scattered. 



Season. September to November. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Three to five inches across, white, smooth, glabrous, 

 viscid in wot ; obtusely convex, then irregularly expanded, repand 

 or lobulate. Margin thin, membranaceous, sinuate. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, stout, even, smooth, 

 perhaps bent, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, thick, compact. Stem stuffed, at length 

 hollow. Gills white, broad, thick, distant, eroded, sub-emarginate, 

 adnexed. Odour strong and nasty. Taste repelling. Spores 

 white. 



Obs. Generally regarded as poisonous. Nature of principle unknown. — 

 W. D. 11. 



(XXIII.) AGARICUS SULFUREUS ; Tricholoma sulfurea ; 

 The Yellow Reptile. 



Habitat. In or near woodlands, among grass and fern. Singly. 



Season. September to November. Common. 



nieiis. One to three inches across, sulphur-yellow, dingy, disc 

 dark, dry, silky-pulverulent ; obtusely conical, then convex, ex- 



