TRICHOLOMA. 223 



Tricholoma paedidum. Fr. 



Pileus about 1^-in. across, flesh very thin, tough, becoming 

 whitish ; campauulate then convex, at length expanded, 

 umbonate, at length depressed round the conical, prominent 

 umbo, moist, virgate or streaked with innate fibrils radiating 

 from the centre, otherwise almost even, smoky -mouse-colour, 

 opaque, margin naked ; gills adnexed with a slight decurrent 

 tooth, slightly sinuate, crowded, narrow, white then grey; 

 8tem about 1 in. long and 2 lines thick, base slightly bulbous, 

 tough, slightly striate, naked, dingy grey ; spores elliptic- 

 fusiform, 10-11 X 5-t5 fjL. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) paedidus, Epicr., p. 53; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 44; Cke., Illustr., pi 120a. 



In gardens, on dung-hills, &c. 



Small, tough, colour dingy, without a trace of violet 

 tinge, distinguish this species from T. sordidum, to which it 

 is most allied. T. lixivium differs in the free, truncate gills. 



Tricholoma lixivium. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, umbo- 

 nate, never depressed, even, glabrous, greyish-brown when 

 moist then umber, margin membranaceous, at length slightly 

 striate, sometimes wavy ; gills rounded behind and adnexed, 

 at first appearing as if free, distant, soft, 3 lines broad, 

 becoming narrower from the stem towards the margin, 

 sometimes crisped, grey; stem 2 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, 

 entirely fibrous, often flexuous, fragile, grey, at first covered 

 with white down, stuff'ed then hollow ; spores 7 X 4-5. /x. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) lixivius, Fries, Epicr., p. 54; Cke., 

 Hdbk,, p. 44 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 120b. 



In woods. 



Eeadity distinguished by the umbonate pileus, and broad, 

 grey, nearly or quite free gills. 



Tricholoma putidum. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, rather fleshy, hemispherical, 

 umbonate, soft, even, margin straight, not striate, but here 

 and there with a white silkiness, somewhat olive-grey, hoary 

 when dry ; gills slightly adnexed but apjpearing as if free, 

 crowded, ventricose, 2-3 lines broad, distinct, grey; stem 

 about Ij in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, slightly com- 

 pressed, soft, rather fragile, slightly striate, grey, with a 



