TRICHOLOMA 231 



672. T. fallax Peck. Fallax, deceptive. 

 P. 2-5 cm., yellow, disc sometimes rufous, thin, convex, then ex- 

 panded, rarely depressed at the centre, moist, smooth. St. 2-5 cm. 

 x 3 mm., pale yellow, base sometimes narrowed. Gills white, then 

 yellowish, adnexed, rounded behind, crowded. Flesh thin. Spores 

 white, elliptical, 4-5 x 3/i. Under firs. Sept. Rare. 



673. T. onychinum Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 39, lower figs. 



Onychinum, yellowish marble colour. , 



P. 4-6 cm., dingy purple, or reddish bay, fleshy, convexo-plane and 

 umbonate, then expanded and obtuse, very dry, opaque; margin 

 paler, somewhat silky, narrowly incurved, striate. St. 4-6 cm. x 4- 

 8 mm., pallid, or yellow, apex becoming purple, then lilac, delicately 

 fibrillosely silky, equal. Grills dark yellow, adnexed, then free, plane, 

 horizontal, rounded behind, rather crowded, 24 mm. broad, unequal. 

 Flesh white, becoming yellow, thin, firm. Spores white, ovoid, 4-5/u, 

 punctate. Smell and taste pleasant. Under pines, and in fir woods. 

 Sept. Oct. Rare. 



674. T. ionides (Bull.) Fr. Boud. Icon. t. 24. iov, violet; eZSo?, like. 

 P. 3-6 cm., deep violet, becoming paler, fleshy, campanulato-convex, 



then plane, often umbonate, becoming smooth; margin incurved, 

 pruinose. St. 3-6 cm. x 7-12 mm., paler violet, elastic, attenuated 

 downwards, or thickened at the base, fibrillosely striate. Gills white, 

 becoming yellowish, emarginate with a decurrent tooth, crowded, thin, 

 6 mm. broad, edge uneven. Flesh white, tinted violet in the p., and at 

 the base of the st. Spores white, elliptical, 5-6 x 3/x, 1-2-guttulate. 

 Smell and taste pleasant. Edible. Moist woods, especially beech, 

 and open pastures. Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. pravum (Lasch) Fr. Pravum, deformed. 



Differs from the type in being smaller, thinner, and more fragile, and in 

 its fuscous-reddish, fuscous-purple, lilac-reddish, or livid colour. Stoves. 

 July. 



675. T. persicolor Fr. Boud. Icon. t. 25. Persicum, peach ; color, colour. 

 P. 1-2 cm., ochraceous reddish yellow, convex, then flattened, slightly 



umbonate, hygrophanous, smooth. St. 3-4 cm. x 3-6 mm., con- 

 colorous, equal, smooth. Gills whitish, tinged slightly with the colour of 

 the p., sinuate, narrow, not crowded. Flesh concolorous. Spores white, 

 elliptical, 4-5 x 3-3-5 /x. Pastures. Sept. Rare, (v.v.) 



676. T. carneum (Bull.) Fr. (= Tricholoma carneolum Fr. sec. Quel.) 



Fr. Icon. t. 40, fig. 2, as Tricholoma paeonium. 



Carneum, flesh coloured. 



P. 2-3 cm., red, then flesh colour, becoming pale, and shining, thin, 

 slightly fleshy, hemispherical, then convex and regular, obtuse, at 



