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F. P. compact, then spongy, obtuse, even, smooth, moist, 



but not hygrophanous. 



(a) Gills not discoloured. 



684. T. Schumacher! Fr. Christian Friedrich Schumacher. 

 P. 5-8 cm., cinereous livid, disc darker, becoming paler and whitish, 



fleshy, convex, then flattened, obtuse, regular, smooth, moist; margin 

 exceeding the gills, inflexed. St. 7-10 cm. x 10-12 mm., white, equal, 

 villous and sometimes ventricoso-bulbous at the base, slightly striate, 

 fibrous. Gills white, or cream colour, emarginate, very crowded, plane, 

 6-8 mm. broad. Flesh white, pinkish when broken, spongy, compact. 

 Spores "elliptical, 9 x 6-7 /A, minutely punctate, glaucous" Quel. 

 Taste mild. Woods, hot-houses. Sept. Oct. Rare. 



685. T. amicum Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 36, upper figs. Amicum, friendly. 

 P. 5-9 cm., fuscous, disc sometimes darker, not becoming paler when 



dry, fleshy, convex, then expanded, gibbous, very regular, smooth. 

 St. 7-9 x 1-5 cm., white, attenuated upwards from the subbulbous 

 base, fibrillosely striate, elastic. Gills shining white, deeply emarginate, 

 almost free, distant, 6-8 mm. broad. Flesh white, brownish under the 

 cuticle, thick at the disc, rather soft. Spores "elliptical, 6 x 4/*" 

 Massee. Pine woods. Sept. Oct. Rare. 



686. T. circumtectum Cke. Cke. Illus. no. 1125, t. 1182. 



Circumtectum, covered round. 



P. 5-8 cm., olive, or dusky, disc tawny, fleshy, convex, very obtusely 

 umbonate, or only obtuse, rarely becoming slightly depressed, crack- 

 ing slightly when old; margin incurved, tomentose, wavy. St. 3- 

 4 x 1-2 cm., whitish, firm, obclavate, or sometimes attenuated down- 

 wards, striate. Gills white, slightly sinuate, adnexed, 34 mm. broad, 

 scarcely crowded. Flesh white, thick. Spores white, subglobose, 

 4-5 /u,. Taste pleasant. Bare ground under trees. Sept. Rare, (v.v.) 



687. T. patulum Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 37, upper figs. Patulum, spread out. 

 P. 4-12 cm., pallid cinereous, fleshy, firm, convexo-plane, obtuse, 



often repand, smooth. St. 4-6 x 1-3 cm., white, firm, equal, some- 

 what elastic, smooth. Gills whitish, emarginate, almost free, crowded, 

 fairly narrow, 4 mm. broad, plane, somewhat veined at the sides. 

 Flesh white, thin, not compact. Spores white, elliptical, 8-9 x 4-5/Lt. 

 Woods and pastures. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



688. T. oreinum Fr. opeivos, hilly. 

 P. 3-9 cm., fuscous livid, fuliginous grey, or light bistre, becoming 



darker, convex, slightly gibbous, then globose, and plane; margin at 

 first incurved, prolonged into a narrow membrane along the edge of the 

 gill. St. 5-7 cm. x 4-12 mm., white, rigid, fibrillosely striate, apex 

 floccosely mealy, base bulbous. Gills white, rounded, then free, crowded, 



