336 Transactions. — Botany. 



sometimes small and regular in form ; pileus papillate and 

 also squaraulosely punctate. Pileus grey, bluish, fuscous, &c. 



102. Tricholoma cartilagineum, Bull., Champ. France, t. 589, 

 fig. 2 ; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 383 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 601. 

 Pileus convex when young, obtuse, margin incurved and 



downy, then expanded and usually wavy, arched or bent down 

 near the margin, which is persistently incurved ; always very 

 dry ; flesh rather thick, rigid, white, 5-9 cm. across, densely 

 covered with minute black granules on a white ground ; gills 

 emarginate and sinuate, crowded, thin, about 4 mm. broad, 

 white, then grey, but not dingy; stem 2-5-5 cm. long, firm but 

 fragile, stout, up to 2-5 cm. thick, pure white, surface even, 

 glabrous, polished ; spores globose, 7-8 /x diameter. 

 ■ On the ground, in beech forests, amongst moss. Middle 

 Island, New Zealand. Europe. 



Eeadily distinguished by the character of the pileus, pure- 

 white stem, and grey gills. 



103. Tricholoma brevipes, Bull., Champ. France, t. 521, fig. 2 ; 

 Sacc, Syll. v., no. 584. Agaricus (Tricholoma) brevipes, 

 Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 601. 



Pileus convex then flattened, the umbo soon disappearing, 

 blackish-umber or brown, becoming paler, glabrous, 3-8 cm. 

 across; flesh thick, brownish when moist, almost whiSe when 

 dry ; gills emarginate, crowded, ventricose, at first with a 

 brown tinge, then whitish, 2-4 mm. broad; stem short and 

 stout, up to 2'5 cm. long, firm, rigid, somewhat thickened at 

 the base, 1-5 cm. thick above, solid, brown outside and mside ; 

 spores elliptical, 7 x 4 /x. 



On the ground. Northern Island, New Zealand. Europe. 



Distinguished by the very short more or less bulbous stem, 

 which is solid, and brown both inside and outside. 



104. Tricholoma carneum, Bull., Champ. France, tab. 533 ; 

 Sacc, Syll. v., no. 425. 



Pileus hemispherical, then convex, regular, obtuse, at 

 length expanded and upturned, often umbonate, usually wavy, 

 and sometimes excentric, even, glabrous, dry, not at all hygro- 

 phanous, reddish flesh-colour, at length whitish, about 2-5 cm. 

 across; flesh thin, tough, snow-white; gills rounded behind 

 and almost free, horizontal, closely crowded, broadest behind, 

 2-3 mm. broad, pure white; stem up to 2-5 cm. long, some- 

 times very short, 2-4 mm. thick, apex thickest, and narrowing 

 gradually towards the base, pale reddish-pink, becoming 

 almost white, apex somewhat pruinose, tough and fibrous, 

 almost cartilaginous, rigid, stuffed, then hollow. 



Among gi-ass, in woods, &c. Middle Island, New Zealand. 

 Europe. 



