A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 87 



Stem. One to three inches high, whitish above, brown below, 

 sub-squamulose, thick, naked, unequal. 



Section. Flesh pallid, thick. Stem solid. Gills pallid, then 

 brownish, crowded, broad, sinuate, adnexed. Odour and taste 

 farinaceous. Spores white. 



Obs. A fairly good comestible. Rather tough and juiceless, so should be 

 prepared like Paxils. — IF. D. H. 



(69.) AGAKICUS BREVIPES; Tricholoma brevipes ; The 

 Dwarf. 



Habitat. Plantations, woodland glades, roadsides. Solitary or 

 scattered. 



Season. June to September. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, grey-brown ; at first con- 

 cave, then plane, perhaps convexo-plane, obtusely sub-umbonate ; 

 even, smooth, soft. Margin sleek. 



Stem. Very short, brown, thick, bulbous, rigid, smooth, naked. 



Section. Flesh pallid, pex'haps reddish, fragile. Stem solid. 

 Gills pallid, soon brownish, crowded, unequal, pointed in front, 

 emarginate, adnexed. Odour slight. Taste a little astringent. 



Spores white. 



Ols. Not a bad viand, but infrequent in occurrence. — IF. D. H. 



(70.) AGARICUS COLUMBETTA; Tricholoma columbetta; The 

 Columbette. 



Habitat. In woods, under oaks, on heaths. Solitary. 



Season. September and October. Not common. 



Pileus. One to three inches across, white, disc greyish ; convex, 

 perhaps ovate, then plane, rounded ; at first smooth, then silky, 

 fibrilloso-squamulose, moist. Margin sub-involute, split at length. 



Stem. One to two inches high, white, stout, unequal, bent, 

 silky-striate, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, thickish, firm. Stem solid. Gills white, 

 crowded, thin, sub-serrulate, sinuate, almost free. Odour earthy. 

 Flavourless. Spores white. 



Obs. Fairly good. Must be carefully distinguished from the suspicious 

 Tri. spermatica, which resembles it, but has a stuffed or hollow stem, eroded 

 gills, and a pungent, disagreeable scent. — W. D. H. 



