226 TRICHOLOMA 



polished. Gills yellow, rounded, subdistant. Flesh white, spongy, 

 compact, softer in the stem. Spores white, "elliptical, 6-7 p,, guttu- 

 late " Quel. Woods. Rare. 



654. T. cartilagineum Fr. non Bull. Fr. Icon. t. 33. 



Cartilagineum, cartilaginous. 



P. 5-7-5 cm., blackish, becoming black-dotted from the cuticle breaking 

 up into minute granules, fleshy, rigid, convex then expanded, gibbous, 

 undulated ; margin persistently incurved, pubescent at first. St. 2-5-5 

 x 2-5 cm., shining white, firm but fragile, equal, polished. Gills white, 

 then pale grey, emarginato-sinuate, crowded, moderately thin, 4 mm. 

 broad. Flesh white, not compact, somewhat fragile. Spores white, 

 elliptical, 5-6 x 4/n, with a large central gutta. Grassy places in woods, 

 pastures, and under pines. Aug. Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



655. T. tenuiceps Cke. & Massee. Cke. Illus. no. 1121, t. 1166. 



Tennis, thin; caput, head. 



P. 5-8 CTO.., fuliginous, fleshy at the disc, convex, obtuse, or some- 

 times slightly gibbous, dry, granular. St. 7-5 x 2-5 cm., ochraceous 

 white, tough, slightly attenuated upwards, minutely granular, base 

 abrupt, furnished with long, spreading, cord-like mycelium. Gills white, 

 adnexed, rounded behind, attenuated in front, 4 mm. broad, ventri- 

 cose. Flesh white, thin at the margin. Spores white, globose, 6-7 /x,. 

 Amongst grass under trees. July. Uncommon. 

 T. loricatum Fr. = Clitocybe cartilaginea (Bull.) Bres. 



656. T. atrocinereum (Pers.) Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 31, lower figs. 



Ater, black; cinereum, ash-coloured. 



P. 3-4 cm., cinereous, disc prominent, darker, fleshy, convexo-plane, 

 smooth, dry, becoming rimosely incised and revolute at the margin. 

 St. 5-7-5 cm. x 8 mm., whitish, equal, slightly striate with longitudi- 

 nally adpressed fibrils, apex naked. Gills hyaline white, free, or decur- 

 rent with a tooth, or arcuato-adnexed, somewhat ventricose, thin, 

 crowded. Flesh hyaline when moist, hygrophanous, fragile. Spores 

 white, elliptical, 10 x 6-7 /u,, minutely punctate. Smell of new meal. 

 Grassy ground, and coniferous woods. Aug. Oct. Uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 



657. T. cuneifolium Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 91, t. 52, fig. B. 



Cuneus, a wedge ; folium, a leaf. 



P. 1-2-5 cm., fuscous, or livid, then grey, slightly fleshy, convex, 

 then plane, obtuse, at length depressed, pruinose. St. 2-5-4 cm. x 4- 

 6 mm., pallid, attenuated downwards, rarely equal, hollow, somewhat 

 fibrillose, becoming smooth. Gills white, then greyish, ovate-wedge- 

 shaped, very much attenuated behind, very broad in front, deeply 

 sinuato-adnate, crowded, fragile, often connected by veins. Flesh 



