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flesh ratlier thin except at the disc, white, compact ; convex 

 then expanded, obtuse, wavy, glabrous, viscid, shining when 

 dry, never spotted or stained; margin naked, incurved at 

 first, then spreading ; gills emarginate, often with a more or 

 less denned decurrent tooth, 3 lines broad; rather distant, 

 margin irregular ; stem 23^ in. long, ^ | in. thick, even, 

 twisted, stuffed then hollow. 



Agaricus ( Tricholoma) spermaticus, Fries, Epicr., p. 27 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 26 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 87. 



In fir woods. 



Distinguished among the white strong -smelling species 

 by its stout, twisted, hollow stem. 



Tricholoma resplendens. Fr. 



Entirely clear white. Pileus 2-4 in. across, everywhere 

 equally fleshy but not thick ; convex then expanded, obtuse, 

 even, glabrous, and viscid when fresh, silvery shining when 

 dry, and often with hyaline spots; disc becoming yellowish 

 and appearing adpressedly silky but glabrous ; gills almost 

 free when young, then remarkably emarginate, rather 

 crowded, thickish, but the edge thin and quite entire, 3-4 

 lines broad, equally narrowed in front; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 | in. and more thick, equal or bulbous, even, glabrous, or 

 apex slightly floccose, dry, sometimes curved, solid ; spores 

 elliptical, 7-8 X 4 /*,. 



Agaricus resplendens, Fries, Monogr., i. p. 55 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 55 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 26. 



In woods. 



Gregarious, entirely clear white, or disc yellowish ; smell 

 and taste pleasant. Resembling Hygrophorus eburneus in habit. 



** Gills becoming discoloured, usually with reddish spots. 



Tricholoma colossus. Fr. 



Pileus 6-8 in. across, flesh 2 in. and more thick, be- 

 ooming pinkish-red when broken, very hard; convex thtn 

 expanded, glabrous, at length broken up into squamules ; 

 margin naked at first strongly incurved, then expanded or 

 even upturned, wavy ; brick-red, or reddish -umber, especially 

 at the disc ; gills rounded behind, crowded, thin, white, 

 then becoming very broad, up to in., and pale brick-red; 



