206 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



disc sometimes' rufous; gills adnexed, rounded behind, 

 crowded, white then yellowish ; stem about 1 in. long, 1 

 line thick, smooth, pale yellow, stuffed then hollow, base 

 sometimes narrowed; spores elliptical, 4-5 X 3 /i. 



Aqaricus (Tricholoma) fallax, Peck, 25th Keport, State 

 Musf, N.Y., t. i. f. 5-8; Cke., Hdbk., p. 364; Cke., lUustr., 

 pi. 11 51 A. 



Under firs. 



Distinguished among the small species of Tricholoma by 

 the clear but pale yellow pileus and stem, and the yellowish 

 gills. 



Tricholoma ionides. Bull. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, disc fleshy, campanulate, then convex, 

 at length plane, umbonate, even, almost glabrous, usually 

 dingy violet, becoming pale ; gills emarginate with a slight 

 decurrent tooth, crowded, thin, margin eroded, 1 line 

 broad, white then becoming pallid; stem 1-1 i in long, 

 elastic, often curved at the base, fibrillose, coloured like the 

 pileus, stuffed; spores pip-shaped, 6-7 X 3-5 /*. 



Agaricus ionides, Bull., Champ., t. 533, f. 3 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 36 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 95A. 



In woods. 



Pileus violet, lilac, or brownish-purple; distinguished 

 from T. humile and T. sordidum by the white gills. 



Var. parvus, Lasch, Cke., Hdbk., p. 37. 



Reddish-brown, pileus somewhat fleshy, campanulate then 

 expanded (slightly silky), stem stuffed, then hollow, floccose. 

 attenuated downwards ; gills adnexed with a tooth, eroded, 

 powdered with white. 



In a stove. 



Tricholoma carneum. Bull. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, tough, snow-white ; 

 hemispherical at first, then convex and regular, obtuse, at 

 length expanded and upturned, often with an umbo, usually 

 wavy and sometimes excentric, even, glabrous, dry, not at all 

 hygrophanous, reddish flesh-colour, at length whitish ; gills 

 rounded behind and almost free, horizontal, closely crowded, 

 broadest behind, 1-1 line broad, pure white ; stem up to 



