230 TBICHOLOMA 



dry; margin at first involute. St. 7-5-11 x 1 cm., whitish, becoming 

 discoloured, rigid, equal, fibrillose, apex white pruinose; base tomentose, 

 white. Gills whitish, arcuato-adnexed, at length arcuato-decurrent, 

 thin, crowded, broad. Flesh white, compact. Spores white, elliptical, 

 67 x 4 5/Lt. Smell very pleasant, like that of the flowers of Syringa 

 vulgaris according to Quelet. Deciduous woods. Sept. Nov. Un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



var. robustum Cke. Cke. Illus. no. 99, t. 217. Robustus, strong. 



Differs from the type in being more robust, in the p. being almost 



white, and in there being scarcely any perceptible odour. Pastures. May. 



669. T. inamoenum Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 38, lower figs. 



Inamoenum, unpleasant. 



P. 3-6 cm., dingy white, fleshy, convex, then flattened, subumbonate, 

 very dry, slightly silky, then smooth, or cracked. St. 7-5-10 cm. x 6- 

 12 mm., white, firm, equal, pruinose, villous. Gills shining white, 

 emarginate with a decurrent tooth, or adnato-decurrent, plane, rather 

 thick, very broad, very distant. Flesh white, firm, thick at the disc. 

 Spores white, elliptical, 9-10 x 6-7 /n, with a large central gutta. 

 Cystidia "clavate, with a prominent point, 33-40 x 9-12/i" Eick. 

 Smell "pleasant, like honeysuckle " Quelet. Fir woods. Sept. Nov. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. insigne Massee. Insignis, striking. 



Differs from the type in the decurrent gills. 



670. T. interveniens Karst. Interveniens, intermediate. 

 P. 8 cm., tan, becoming pale, fleshy, convexo-plane, then depressed, 



silky, then smooth, somewhat shining; margin involute, distantly 

 rugulose. St. 11 x 1 cm., pallid, equal, fibrillose, apex pruinose, base 

 tomentose, rooting. Gills becoming pale, arcuato-adnexed, crowded. 

 Flesh watery. Spores white, oblong, attenuated at both ends, 6-7 x 2- 

 2-5/z. Smell almost none. Mixed woods. Sept. Rare. 



(6) Gills thin, crowded, narrow. Small, inodorous. 



671. T. cerinum (Pers.) Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 39, upper figs. 



Cerinum, wax coloured. 



P. 3-5 cm., dingy wax colour, or becoming fuscous, fleshy, convex, 

 then flattened, obtuse, at length depressed, very opaque, very dry, 

 silky, then smooth; margin often paler. St. 4-6 cm. x 4-8 mm., light 

 yellow, often fuscous at the base, equal, fibrillosely striate. Gills dark 

 yellow, or wax colour, sinuato-adnexed, separating, horizontal, plane, 

 very thin, very crowded, 2 mm. broad. Flesh white, thin, firm. Spores 

 white, "2-3x2-3/i" Rick. Taste becoming bitter. Fir woods. 

 July Oct. Rare. 



