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solid, stout, somewhat pniinose, striate, swollen at the base ; gills 

 adnate, with a decurrent tooth, at length distant, white, then 

 dingy. — Fr. Epicr.p. 45. Schceff. t. 89. 



Under firs. Reigate.— TF. G. S. 



Odour foetid ; spores nearly round, "0003 in. ; pilaus 2-3 in. broadj stem 1^ 

 in. long, 5 line thick. Fries does not consider this distinct from A. graoeolens. 



F. Spongiosa — pileus moist, compact, or spongy. 



74. Agaricus (Tricholoxna) albus. Fr. "White 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then depressed, obtuse, smooth, even, dry; 

 margin at first involute, at length repand ; stem solid, firm, 

 elastic, equal, smooth ; gills rounded behind, fixed, crowded, thin, 

 broad, white.— i^r. Epicr.p. 47. Berk. Outl. t. 4,/. 6. Bull. t. 536. 

 Batt. t. 20, f.l. 



In woods. 



White or shaded with yellow j variable in size ; stem solid, 3 in. long, ^ in. 

 and more thick; pileus 3-4 in. broad, tough, very dry, and smooth. Spores 

 ■0001 X -0002 in.— TF. G. S. 



75. Agaricus (Tricholoma) acerbus. Bull. " Bitter Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse, smooth, rather 

 spotted ; margin thin, strongly involute, sulcate ; stem solid, blunt, 

 yellowish, squamulose above ; gills emarginate, crowded, pallid, 

 then inclined to rufous. — Bull. t. 671,/. 2. Fr. Epicr.p. 4:9. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 668. Vent. t. 38,/. 7-8. 



In woods. Not common. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across ; white, tinged with yellow, at length stained. Ee- 

 markable for its bitter taste, and involute sulcate margin. Spores '00017 in. 

 diameter.— W. G. S. 



G. Hygrophana — pileus thin, at length soft, moist, hygrophanous. 



76. Agaricus (Tricholoma) grammopodius. Bull. "Ring 



Tricholoma."' 



Pileus fleshy, campanulate, or convex, then expanded or de- 

 pressed, umbonate, smooth, moist ; stem stuffed, elastic, sulcate, 

 smooth, attenuated upwards ; gills arcuate, adnate, crowded, 

 white.— ^M^Z. t. 548-585, f. 1. Fr. Epicr. p. 50. Huss. ii. t. 41. 

 Bolt. t. 4.0? Eng. Fl. v.j9. 37. Ann. N.H. no. 61. 



In pastures forming rings. 



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