34 AGARICINI. 



Large, brownisli grey; pileus 3-5 in. broad, flashy, margin thin, rather 

 brittle, convex, firm, campanulate, then somewhat plane, also depressed and 

 repand : gills not decurrent, narrow, sometimes divided; stem 3 in. high, ^in. 

 thick, firm, of the colour of the pileua, thickened at the base, and villous. —  

 FritS' 



77. Agazicus (Tricholoma) melaleucus. P. "Changeable 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then expanded, obsoletely umbonate, 

 smooth, moist, changing colour ; stem stuffed, thin, elastic, some- 

 what smooth, whitish, sprinkled with a few fibrils, thickened at the 

 base; gills emarginatc, adnexed, ventricose, crowded, white. — Fr. 

 E'picr.p. 51. Buxh. iv. 1. 12, f. 2. 



On the ground. 



Stem stuffed, then hollow, 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lin. thick, whitish, with darker 

 stria9 ; pileus 1 .j-3 in. broad, dingy black, then livid brown, pale when dry; 

 flesh soft, white. 



78. Agaricus (Tricholoma) brevipes. Bull. " Short-stemmed 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, soft, convex, then plane, even, smooth, opaque 

 when dry, umber, growing pallid ; stem solid, firm, rigid, very 

 short, sub-incrassated, brown ; gills emarginate, crowded, ventri- 

 cose, brownish, then dirty white. — Bull. t. 521,/. 2. Paul. t. 44, 

 /. 1-2. Fr. Ep.p. 51. Seem. Journ. (1869) t. 95, /. 1-4. KL Ft. 

 Boruss. t. .374. 



In plantations. June. Esculent. 



Pileus about 2 in. broad. Stem brown within and without^ bulbous, very 

 short. Spores -00032 X '{)002 in.— W. O.S. 



79. Agaricus (Tricholoma) humilis. Fr. " Dwarf Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, soft, umbonate, then convexo-plane or depressed, 

 even, smooth, hygrophanous ; margin thin, extending beyond the 

 gills ; stem stuffed, short, equal, fragile, pallid, villoso-pulveru- 

 lent ; gills rounded (with a decurrent tooth), crowded, ventricose, 

 whitish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 52. Buxh. iv. i. 32. A. hlandus, Eng. Fl. 

 No. 41, Y.p. 20. Ann. N.H. no. 260. 



On the ground and amongst grass. [United States.] 



Pileus 2^ in. broad, plano-convex, umbonate, very minutely pulverulento- 

 tomentnse, so that when touched the impression of the fingers remains upon 

 it, not brittle, moderately fleshy, dry, the margin sometimes undulate, grey- 

 lilac, with a tinge of brown on the umbo. When young sometimes browner, 

 the edge white, and minutely downy ; gills broad, rounded behind and nearly 

 free, white, margin undulate, brittle, becoming rather brown at the edge as 

 they dry. Stem 2 in. high, 2 lines thick, | in. at the base, sub-bulbous, and 



