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whitish, and thus superficially more nearly approaching T. 

 albohrunneiim, from which it is always distinguished by the 

 atrong smell, and yellow flesh of the stem. 



Tricholoma albobrunneum. Pers. 



Pileus about 3 in. across, fle.^h rather thick, especially at 

 the disc, clear white ; campanulate then hemispherical, 

 viscid, almost even, but distinctly virgate or minutely 

 streaked with innate fibrils, clear brown ; margin at first 

 incurved and puckered ; gills emarginate, rounded behind, 

 not decurrent, scarcely crowded, very broad (3-4 lines), 

 firm but not thick, clear white at first, but soon becoming 

 pallid; stem 1^-2 in. long, about 1 in. thick, equal appearing 

 at first sight to be ghibrous, but in reality miautely silky 

 on the surface, rufescent, white at both ends but most con- 

 stantly so at the apex, which is powdered with white meal, 

 solid, flesh firm, clear white; spores 4-6 X 3*5 /x. 



Agaricus albohrunneus, Pers., Syn., p. 293; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 27 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 197. 



In pine woods, &c. 



Closely allied to T. flavohriinneum, diff'ering in absence of 

 smell, mild taste, and persistently white flesh. 



Tricholoma ustale. Fr. 



Pileus 2—3 in. across, flesh rather thick, white ; hemi- 

 spherical then expanded and umbonate, finally almost plane 

 and obtuse, even, glabrous, not virgate or streaked, dissc 

 rugulosely punctate, bay-brown ; gills emarginate with a 

 decurrent tooth, crowded, rather broad, white then tinged 

 rufous ; stem 2-3 in. long, about h in. thick, stuff'ed then 

 hollow, equal, somewhat rooting, dry, fibiillose, whitish or 

 with a rufescent tinge, apex silky, whiter but not mealy ; 

 spores elliptical, 7-8 x 5 /x ; smell none. 



Agaricus (^Tricholoma) ustalis. Fries, Epicr., p. 29 ; Cke., 

 lllustr., pi. 88; Cke., Hdbk., p. 28. 



In woods. 



Intermediate between T . flavohriinneum and T.pessundatum^ 

 but distinct from both in the absence of smell. (Fries.) 



Tricholoma pessundatum. Fr. 

 Smell strong, resembling new meal. Pileus about 3 in. 

 across, flesh rather thick, convex then expanded, ver}'' obtuse. 



