56 AGARICUS. 



Tricholoma. cartilaginous, and the gills are manifestly sinuate behind. Species truly allied 

 occur only among Clitocybce, for example A. hirneolus and A. parilis, with 

 which it agrees in stature, colour, and dingy white spores, but these have 

 decurrent gills. 



In woods. Charmy Down, 1867, &c. April-July. 



Spores subglobose, 8x4 mk. B. &>. Br. Name cczlum, a sculptor's 

 chisel. From the chiselled markings on the pileus. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 82. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 66. Icon. t. 37. /. 2. B. & Br. n. 1192. S. My col. Scot, 

 n. 63. C. 111-ust. PI. 96 B. 



SERIES B. 



V. GUTTATA. 



* Gills whitish. 



104. A. gambosus Fr. Pileus 7-5~io cent. (3-4 in.) and more 

 broad, becoming' pale-tan, fleshy, hemispherico-convex, then flattened, 

 obtuse, undulated and repand, even, smooth, but spotted as with 

 drops, at length widely cracked (not, however, torn into squamules), 

 the margin at the first involute and tomentose; flesh thick, soft, 

 fragile, white. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) and more long, 1-2.5 cent. 

 (Yz-\ in.) thick, solid, fleshy-firm, almost equal, often curved- 

 ascending at the base, white, villous at the apex. Gills rounded- 

 or emarginato-adnexed, with a somewhat decurrent tooth and 

 when old sinuato-decurrent, crowded, ventricose, 4-6 mm. (2-3 

 lin.) broad, whitish. 



Odour pleasant, of new meal. Often forming large rings or clusters. A 

 whitish form must not be confounded with A. albellus. 



In meadows, &c. Frequent. April-July. 



Spores 13x11 mk. W.G.S. Smell strong like that of Polyporus squam- 

 osus. M.J.B. Edible; considered by some delicious, by others less delicate 

 in flavour. It should be gathered in dry weather. Known as St George's 

 mushroom. Worthington Smith says it is fit for any saint in the calendar. 

 Much esteemed in France and Italy. Its early appearance makes it more val- 

 uable, but it is unfortunately not so common as could be wished. It is less 

 frequent in Scotland than in England. Badham describes it under the name 

 of A. prunulus. He remarks that when the ring begins to break up into 

 irregular lines, it is a sign of its disappearance from the place, just as the 

 presence of an unbroken ring is conclusive of a plentiful harvest the next spring. 

 Name gamba, a hoof. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 82. Hym. Eur. p. 66. Sverig. 

 at I. Sv. t. 9. Berk. Out. p. 104. t. 4. /. 5. C. Hbk. n. 69. Illust. PI. 63. 

 Husseyi. t. 83. Krombh. t. 63. /. 18, 22 ochraceous. Ventur. t. 4. Gonn. 

 6 Rab. t. 18. /. 3. A. prunulus Badh. i. t. i. ii. t. if. i. A. graveolens 

 Sow. t. 281. A. pomonae Lenz. f. 13. 



105. A. albellus Fr. Pileus about 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, be- 

 coming pale-white, passing into grey when dry, fleshy, thick at 



