220 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



.at both ends, closely crowded, quite entire, shorter inter- 

 mediate ones numerous, somewhat branched behind, white ; 

 stem 3-4 in. long, ^ in. and more thick, base thickened, re- 

 mainder equal, cylindrical, firm, glabrous, distinctly longi- 

 tudinally grooved, whitish, solid, elastic ; spores subglobose, 

 -56 //, diameter. 



Agaricus grammopodius, Bull., Champ., Fr., t. 585 ; f . 1 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 42 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 98. 



In pastures, &c. 



Distinguished by the grooved stem and crowded gills, 

 which are adnate when the pileus is expanded. Often 

 ..growing in rings. 



Tricholoma brevipes. Bull. 



Pileus l-2 in. across, flesh thick, brown when moist, 

 whitish when dry, rigid, then soft ; convex then flattened. 

 the umbo soon disappearing, blackish -umber or brown, 

 becoming paler, glabrous ; gills emarginate, 1-1^ line broad, 

 crowded, ventricose, at first with a brown tinge, then 

 whitish; stem up to 1 in. long, firm, rigid, somewhat 

 thickened at the base, ^ in. thick above, brown both outside 

 and inside, solid ; spores elliptical, 7-4 p.. 



Agaricus brevipes, Bull., Champ., t. 521, f. 2; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 43 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 68. 

 On the ground. 



Distinguished by the very short, more or less bulbous 

 tem, which is brown both inside and outside. In Cooke's 

 figures the pileus and stem are dingy lavender colour. 



Stem solid, very rigid, at length fibrous, apex pruinose, 

 brown both outside and inside ; for the rest very variable, 

 sometimes not more than 2-3 lines high and thick, attenuated 

 "below; usually 1 in. long, sometimes bulbous, sometimes 

 qual, and slender. Pileus fleshy, soft, convex then flattened, 

 glabrous, moist (opaque when dry), about 2 in. across, umber 

 becoming pale, often stained with soil. Flesh of pileus 

 brownish when moist, becoming white when dry. Gills 

 emarginate and almost free, crowded, ventricose, disappearing 

 within the margin of the pileus, quite entire, whitish. 

 Inodorous. (Fries.) 



Tricholoma humile. Pers. 

 Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thin, soft, greyish when 



