26 AGARICINI. 



Gregarious. Pileus 2-82- in. broad, dry, obtuse, at first subconic, then 

 convex, expanded, sometimes plane, very broadly umbonate, fleshy, rich red 

 brown, fibrilloso-squamulose, rimulose, the umbo darker, with the fibrils 

 closer ; occasionally the pileus is scarcely squamulose, but clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky fibrils. I\rargin involute, paler, tomentose. Gills slightly 

 rounded behind, subadnate with a minute tooth, or nearly free, umber when 

 bruised, not very broad. Stem 2^-4 in, high, i-f in. thick, firm, etufied, at 

 length more or less hollow, sometimes strongly attenuated, sometimes in- 

 crassated at the base, fibrillose, colour of the pileus, nearly white above, 

 where it is, squamulose or pubescent. — il/./.i>. Spores "00023 X '00018 in. 

 - W. G. S. 



54. Agaricus (Txicholoma) vaccinus. P. " Scaly Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, umbonate, dry, rough 

 with floccose scales ; margin involute, tomentose ; stem hollow, 

 equal, fibrillose ; gills fixed, somewhat distant, white, at length 

 rufescent. — Pers. Syn. p. 2^3. F?\ Ej)icr. p.S3. Batscli.f. 116. 

 Pers. Ic. ^' Desc. t. 2,/. 1-4. Eng. FL y.p. 17. 



In fir woods. Sept. Oct. [Carolina, U.S.] 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad, campanulate when young, clothed with scales, those 

 in the centre thick, broad, short, on the margin consisting of fasciculate 

 hairs. Gills rather broad, emarginate, nearly free, at first dirty white, in 

 age of a rufous hue, margin geni-rally stained with rusty spots. Stem 3-4 in. 

 high, ^in. thick, beset with hairy scales, which mostly point upwards, paler 

 than the pileus, whitish above, base clothed with white down. Veil fugacious. 

 Taste bitter. — Pers. 



55. Agaricus (Tiricholoina) crassifolius. Berk. " Thick gilled 



Tricholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, waved, minutely adpresso-squamulose, umbonate, 

 ochraceous ; disc umber ; stem solid, nearly equal, pruinose ; gills 

 thick, moderately distant, nearly free, at length yellowish, stained 

 with brown. — Outl.p. 100. A.pachypliyllus. Eng. FL, p. 16. 



In fir woods. 



Gregarious. Pileus 2-4 in. across, rather wavy, umbonate, at length often 

 depressed, ochraceous, shaded towards the centre with umber, minutely 

 squamulose, sometimes (when old) the epidermis cracks in broad scales, flesh. 

 very firm. Gills slightly adnexed or nearly free, acute behind, moderately 

 distant, thick, fleshy, acquiring at length an ochraceous hue, here and there 

 stained with umber. Stem l|-2 in, long, f of nnin. thick, solid, nearly equal, 

 pruinose, much paler than the pileus. Odour rather strong. — jEhc/. FL 



56. Agaricus (Tricholoma) murinaceus. Bull. " Mouse 



Colour Tricholoma." 



Pileus thin, firm, brittle, at first campanulate, then expanded, 

 cracked, streaked, silky, dry ; stem stout, cracked, and streaked 

 with minute black scales, solid ; gills very broad, undulated, 



