240 TRICHOLOMA 



706. T. porphyroleucum (Bull.) Fr. (= Tricholoma melaleucum (Pers.) 



Fr. sec. Dumee.) Cke. Illus. no. 119, t. 119. 



Trop^vpa, purple; \evic6v, white. 



P. 4-6 cm.., fuliginous, or fuscous, becoming rufescent, with a darker, 

 evanescent umbo, fleshy, firm, convex, then plane and depressed, 

 smooth. St. 3-5 cm. x 6-9 mm., bistre, equal, striate, apex white 

 mealy. Gills white, often becoming yellowish, sinuato-adnate, attenu- 

 ated in front, somewhat distant. Flesh white, cinereous under the cuticle 

 of the p., bistre in the st. Spores white, elliptical, 8 x 5 {JL. Pastures, 

 and open downs. Sept. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



707. T.polioleucumFr. (=Tricholomamedium(Paul.)Quel., Tricholoma 

 melaleucum (Pers. )Fr sec. Dumee.) 7roXi09,grey; Xeu/cov, white. 



P. 5-7 cm., grey, umbo darker, whitish at the margin, slightly fleshy, 

 convex, then plane and depressed, umbo often evanescent, pruinose, 

 margin often scalloped. St. 4-6 x 1 cm., concolorous, elastic, striate, 

 apex mealy, equal. Gills whitish, or greyish, sinuate, decurrent by a 

 tooth, attenuated in front, edge denticulate, crowded. Flesh greyish, 

 becoming white, thin. Spores white, elliptical, 6-7 x 4/>t, rough. Taste 

 pleasant. Edible. Lawns, and hilly pastures. Aug. Oct. Not un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



708. T. phaeopodium (Bull.) Quel. (= Tricholoma melaleucum (Pers.) 



Fr. sec. Dumee.) Barla, Champ. Alp. Marit. t. 46, fig. 16. 



<ato?, dusky; ?rou9, foot. 



P. 3-5 cm., blackish bistre, becoming paler, fleshy, convex, then 

 plane, subumbonate, smooth ; margin incurved. St. 5-7 cm. x 4- 

 9 mm., concolorous, equal, striate; base subbulbous, clothed with the 

 white mycelium. Gills white, sinuato-adnate, 7-9 mm. broad, crowded. 

 Flesh dark bistre, very thin at the margin. Spores white, pip-shaped, 

 8-9 x 5-6/Li, minutely warted. Damp pastures, and woods. Sept. 

 Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



709. T. arcuatum (Bull.) Quel. (= Tricholoma arcuatum var. cognatum 



(Fr.) Quel. and Rene Maire, Tricholoma melaleucum (Pers.) Fr. 



sec. Dumee.) Gillet, Champ, t. 665. Arcuatum, curved. 



P. 5-10 cm., pale brownish, brownish clay colour, or coffee and milk 

 colour, fleshy, convex, then plane, becoming smooth, moist, hygro- 

 phanous; margin at first involute. St. 4-8 cm. x 7-14 mm., con- 

 colorous, firm, equal, fibrillose, base thickened. Gills yellowish, tinged 

 with pinkish flesh colour, emarginate, decurrent with a long tooth, 

 broad, moderately crowded. Flesh white, tinged with flesh colour, soft, 

 thick at the disc. Spores white, elliptical, 9-10 x 6/x, punctate. 

 Cystidia "on edge of gill lanceolate, 40-60 x 10-1 2 /a" Eick. Taste 

 mild. Heaths, and on twigs, and rotting wood, in coniferous woods. 

 Oct. Nov. Rare. 



