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67. Agaricus (Tricholoma) paeonius. Fr. "Paeony 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, sub-repand, very obtuse, even, 

 silky, then nearly smooth, margin flocculose ; stem hollow, soft, 

 equal, fragile, persistently fleshy-red ; gills rounded, free, ventri- 

 cose, crowded, whitish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 42. Mon. Hym. i. p. 81. 



Amongst grass and moss. Oct. Burnham Beeches. — C.E.B. 



Pileus very obtuse, Jin. broad, of a persistent red colourj stem about 1 in. 

 long, 2-3 lines thick. 



68. Agaricus (Tricholoma) carneus. Bull. '• Flesh-coloured 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus rather fleshy, hemispherical, or convex, then plane, or 

 depressed, obtuse, even, nearly smooth, becoming pallid ; stem 

 stuffed, short, rigid, thickened upwards, pruinose, reddish ; gills 

 Tcry broad behind, rounded, crowded, white. — Bull. t. 633, f. 1. 

 Fr.E2ncr.pA2. Eng.Fl.Y.p.30.* Krombh.t. If. 30. 



In pastures. 



Pileus seldom exceeding one inch, plane, sub-carnose, often slightly nmbo- 

 nate. firm, shining rufous pink, rather undulated, flesh white; gills white, 

 crowded, rounded behind, with a short decurrent tooth ; stem 1 in. high, 1| 

 lines thick, same colour as the pileus, stuffed below, at length hollow, fre- 

 quently splitting, minutely squamulose.— J/. /• ^. Spores ■00(Jl X 'UOOO/in. 



— TT' , tr. »b, 



E. Guttata — pileus riyulose, &c. 



69. Agaricus (Tricholoma) gambosus. Fr. " St. George's 



Mushroom." 



Pileus thick, fleshy, convex, then expanded, undulate, obtuse, 

 moist, smooth, spotted, at length cracked ; margin involute at 

 first ; stem solid, stout, equal, flocculose at the apex ; gills emar- 

 ginate, with an adnexed tooth, ventricose, crowded, yellowish- 

 white.— ^jJicr. p. 43. Ann. N.H., no. 140. Berl\ Outl. t.4:,f. 5. 

 Sow.t. 2S1. Vent. t. 11. Huss.i.t. S3. Smith E. M.f. 19. Cooke 

 B.F. t. 9. Kromhh. t. 63,/. 18-22. Gard. Chron. {1S60) p. 672, 

 Jig. Trans. Woolh. CI. (1868) 1. 12. Badh. i. 1. 1, ii. t. If. 1. 



In pastures. May. June. Esculent. 



Pileus white or slightly tinged with ochre, growing in rings ; variable in 

 size ; smell strong. This is the Agaricus pnmulus of some authors. Spores 

 •00052 X -0004 in.— IF. G. S. 



