TRICHOLOMA. 221 



moist, whitish when dry; convex at first, soon expanded, 

 wavy, sometimes umbonate, at others depressed, even,, 

 glabrous, blackish, brown, livid or pallid, depending on the 

 amount of moisture and age, margin thin, extending beyond 

 the gills ; gills adnexed, rounded behind, and with a slight 

 decurrent tooth, or sometimes arcuately decurrent, crowd ed, 

 2-3 lines broad, whitish ; stem 1-2 in. long, about ^ in- 

 thick, almost equal, greyish-white, entirely covered with a 

 very delicate down, stuffed, sometimes becoming hollow, 

 soft, fragile ; spores broadly elliptical, 7-8 x 5 /*. 



Agaricus humilis, Pers., Myc. Eur., iii. p. 218 ; Cke., Hdbk.,, 

 p. 43 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 99 and 263A. 



In gardens, among cinders, grass, &c. 



Very variable in form, usually tufted. Allied to T. brevipe?, 

 but distinguished by being caespitose, stem softer and! 

 thinner. 



Allied to T. brevipes, but stem thinner, longer and softer.. 

 Pileus greyish brown then passing through paler tints and 

 becoming pale, often entirely pulverulent. 



Var. blandus, Berk.; Cke., Hdbk., p. 43; Cke., IUustr. r 

 pi. 263B. 



About the size of the typical form ; pileus thin, greyish- 

 lilac ; gills broad, rounded behind and nearly free, pure- 

 white ; stem slender, somewhat broken up into fibrils, rather 

 bulbous, the base brown. 



Tricholoma exscissum. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1 \ in. across, flesh thin, white; campanulate then- 

 expanded, at length umbonate, even, greyish-brown, hoary 

 when dry ; gills emarginate, 1^2 lines broad, crowded, clear 

 white; stem about 1 in. long, and 2 lines thick, almost 

 equal, whitish, polished and shining, stuffed then hollow ;. 

 spores elliptical, 6-7 X 4 /*,. 



Agaricus (Triclwloma) exscissus, Fries, Syst., i. p. 114; Cke.,. 

 Illustr., p. 171 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 43. 



In pastures. 



A small but pretty species. Stem solid when young r 

 hollow when adult, thin, even, glabrous, shining, 1-2 in. 

 long, 1-2 lines thick, equal, pure white. Pileus rather 

 fleshy, campanulate when young, soon expanded, umbo pro- 

 minent, at length often undulate, even, glabrous, mouse- 



