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bricb-red ; gills rounded, crowded, thin, wliite, then broad, and 

 of a pallid brick-red. — Fr. Epicr. p. 38. Mon. Hym. i. p. 4:7. 

 Icones. t.21. 



Woods. Near Taunton. — (J. A. C.J 



Pileus when young fcnberiform, emerging from the earth in a bulbous formi, 

 narrowly involute at the margin, surrounding the narrow part of the stem ; 

 then hemispherical, at length unrolled, plano-convex and depressed, always 

 very obtuse, when expanded a span or more wide, scaly. Gills rounded, free, 

 but on account of the obliquity of the stem, emarginate, decarrent, at first 

 narrow and crowded, white, then broader, more distant, entire, at lengtn ^ 

 in. broad, fragile, lacerated, pale brick red; stem solid, flesh everywhere simi- 

 lar and very compact, 3 to 4 in. long, ovato-bulbous at the base, but very 

 much narrowed at the apex, 2 in. thick, the bulbous part glabrous, bat fibroso- 

 lacerated, tawny, the narrow part floccose and shining ; veil obsolete, unless 

 the flocci on the apex of the stem are considered a rudimentary one ; flesh 

 dry, very hard, extremely fibrous when broken, passing into a brick-red color, 

 at first scentless, then with a smell of cheese, or fresh meal. Spores "0002 X 

 •00015 in.— TF.G^.^S:. 



D. Sericella — pileus at first silky. 



Sect. 1. Strong scented. 



62. Agaricus (Tricholoma) sulfuxeus. Bull. "Sulphury 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, rather umbonate, un- 

 equal, at first slightly silky, then smooth and even; stem stuffed, 

 sub-equal, slightly striate ; gills distant, arcuato-adfixed, sulphur- 

 coloured as well as the stem. — Bull. t. 168. Fr. Epicr. p. 4:0. 

 Vent. t. 23, f.4:-6. BerJc. Outl.t.4.J.4.. Sow. t. 4.4:. Smith, P.M., 

 f.23. Fl. Dan. 1. 1910,/. 1. Fault. 8dJ.3-^. Eng.Flx. p. 4.2. 



In woods. Common. 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad, fleshy, obtuse, at length expanded or depressed, with 

 a slight appearance of an umbo, sometimes flexuous and irregular, dirty yel- 

 low, or ochraceous umber, darker in the centre, the margin at fijst involute, 

 and minutely tomentose, the whole clothed with extremely minute silkiness 

 or squamules, so as to give it a pulverulent appearance, retaining the impres- 

 sion of the fingers ; flesh yellow ; gills sub-distant, rounded, flexuous, emar- 

 ginate. or arcuato-adnate ; stem 2 in. or more high, 4 lines thic ^, occasionally 

 sub-bulbous, stuff'ed, sometimes at length hollow, the surface of the cavity 

 rather slimy, yellow within, furnished at the base occasionally with many 

 rather strong, yellow, fibrous roots ; odour disagreeable, taste unpleasant. — 

 M. J. B. 



63. Agaricus (Tricholoma) bufouius. P. ' Toad-like 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, sub-umbonate, at first 

 silky, then smooth, punctato-rugose, opaque ; stem stuffed, equal, 

 flocculose ; gills arcuate, somewhat decurrent, rather distant, of 



