TRICHOLOMA. 221 



moist, wliitish when dry; convex at first, soon expanded, 

 wav}', sometimes umbonate, at others depressed, even, 

 glabrous, blackish, brown, livid or pallid, depending on the 

 amount of moisture and age, margin thin, extending beyond 

 the gills ; gills adnexed, rounded behind, and with a slight 

 decurrent tooth, or sonif^times arcuately decurrent, crowded, 

 2-3 lines broad, whitish ; stem 1-2 in. long, about ^ in„ 

 thick, almost equal, greyish-white, entirely covered with a 

 very delicate down, stuffed, sometimes becoming hollow, 

 soft, fragile ; spores broadly elliptical, 7-8 X 5 /x. 



Agaricus humilis, Pers., Myc. Eur., iii. p. 218 ; Cke., Hdbk.,, 

 p. 43 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 99 and 263a. 



In gardens, among cinders, grass, &c. 



Very variable in form, usually tufted. Allied to T. hrevipes\ 

 but distinguished by being caespitose, stem softer and 

 thinner. 



Allied to T. hrevipes^ but stem thinner, longer and softer,. 

 Pileus greyish brown then passing through paler tints and 

 becoming pale, often entirely pulverulent. 



Var. blandus, Berk. ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 43 ; Cke., Illustr.,. 

 pi. 263b. 



About the size of the typical form ; pileus thin, greyish- 

 lilac; gills broad, rounded behind and nearly free, pure 

 white ; stem slender, somewhat broken up into fibrils, rather 

 bulbous, the base brown. 



Tricholoma exscissum. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1:^^ in. across, flesh thin, white ; campanulate then 

 expanded, at length umbonate, even, greyish-brown, hoary 

 when dry ; gills emarginate, 1^-2 lines broad, crowded, clear 

 white; stem about 1 in. long, and 2 lines thick, almost 

 equal, whitish, polished and shining, stufi'ed then hollow ;. 

 spores elliptical, 6-7 X 4 /a. 



Agaricus (^Tricholoma) exscissus, Fries, Syst., i. p. 114; Cke.,, 

 Illustr., p. 171 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 43. 



In pastures. 



A small but pretty species. Stem solid when young,, 

 hollow when adult, thin, even, glabrous, shining, 1-2 in. 

 long, 1-2 lines thick, equal, pure white. Pileus rather 

 fleshy, campanulate when young, soon expanded, umbo pro- 

 minent, at length often undulate, even, glabrous, mouse- 



