198 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Among grass in damp places in pine "woods, &c. 



Smell none. Pileus minutely and very densely granulated 

 from the first, but the granules are entirely innate, and are 

 formed by the cuticle. The granules are at first in contact, 

 and the pileus black, when adult these become true 

 granules separated by white cracks. (Fries.) 



Smell like new flour. (Berk.) 



Tricholoma tenuiceps. Cke. & Mass. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh except at the disc very thin, 

 whi'e ; convex, obtuse or sometimes slightly gibbous, dry, 

 granular, opaque, everywhere sooty-bro^m; gills adnexed 

 and rounded behind, 2 lines broad, narrowed in front, ventri- 

 cose, white; stem 2-3 in. long, §-1 in. thick, solid, tough, 

 slightly thinner upwards, ochraceous-white, the entire 

 surface minutely granular, base abrupt, furnished with 

 Ion:,', spreading, cord-like mycelium; spores subglobose, 

 6-7 fx diameter. 



Aqaricus ( Tricholoma) tenuiceps, Cke. and Massee, Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 398; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1166. 



Among grass under trees. 



A very distinct species, easily known by the very thin, 

 "blackish-brown pilens, and the spreading cord-like mycelium 

 resembling that of Collyhia platijphylla, var. repens. 



Solitarj' or in clusters of 2-3. 



Tricholoma loricatum. Fr. 



Smell strong, unpleasant. Pileus 1—2 in. across, flesh thin, 

 whitish ; cartilaginous, tough, campanulate, then convex, 

 somewhat undulate, slightly viscid when moist, somewhat 

 papillose; cuticle thick, horny, sejoarable; umber-brown 

 or livid-brown, paler towards the margin; gills narrowed 

 "behind and almost free, closely crowded, ventricose, quite 

 entire, watery pallid or whitish straw- colon i', readily sepa- 

 rating from the j)ileus; stem 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, 

 eqnal or narrowed at the base, flesh fibrous, very tough, 

 imperfectly hollow, often twisted or irregular, brownish 

 brick-red, minutely fibrillusely striate under a lens. 



Agaricus (^TricJioloma) loricatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 37; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 33. 



In woods. 



