90 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BE,ITISH FUNGI. 



Section. Flesh pallid, thick, compact. Stem stuffed, then 

 fistulose. Gills pale rusty-white, browning where bruised, crowded, 

 not broad, serrulate, sinuate, adnexed. Odour agreeable. Taste 

 sweet. Spores white. 



Obs. Scarce and little known here, but esteemed a wholesome esculent iu 

 France.— IF. D. U. 



(78.) AGARICUS lONIDES; Tricholoma ionides; The 



Purple-cap. 



Babitat. Amid grass in damp woods. Solitary, or in gi^oups. 



Season. September and October. Uncommon. 



Pileus. One to three inches across, dull purple; campanulate, 

 then convex, expanded, umbonate, even, nearly smooth. Margin 

 at first pubescent. 



Stem. Two inches high, pale purple, slender, elastic, attenuate, 

 fibrillose, naked. 



Section. Flesh pallid, thickish. Stem stuffed. Gills pallid, 

 crowded, thin, narrow, eroded, sinuate, adnexed. Odourless. 

 Flavourless. Spores white. 



Obs. Of but slight value. It is wholesome, but insipid. — JV. D. H. 



(77.) AGAEICUS MONSTROSUS ; Tricholoma monstrosa ; The 



Big St. Geoi'ge. 



Habitat. In pastures and fields, near trees. In groups. 



Season. April to June. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Four to twelve inches across, opaque white ; convex, 

 umbonate, at length lobulate, repand. Mai-gin thick, inflexed. 



Stem. Three to six inches high, opaque white, thick, uneven, 

 striate, pubescent above, bulging below, naked, rooting. 



Section. Flesh very thick, white, compact. Stem solid, or 

 fissured. Gills creamy, distant, narrow, scarcely sinuate, adnate. 

 Odour pungent, musky. Taste agi-eeable. Spores white. 



Obs. In chapter vii. It is practically the same as the St. George, but an 

 uncommon form. — IT. U. 11. 



(78.) AGARICUS PESSUNDATUS ; Tricholoma pessundata; 

 The Turnover. 



Habitat. In plno woods. Solitary. 



