CLASSIFICATION 103 



Distinguished by strong smell of new meal and \'ellow flesh of 

 stem. Flesh of cap also more or less yellow. 



In woods, etc. 



T. albohrimneum. — Closely resembling T. /favobyiiinteuiii super- 

 ficially, differing in the absence of smell and perfectly white flesh. 



In pine woods, etc. 



T. ustale. — Cap 2-3 in. across, expanded and umbonate, be- 

 coming almost plane and obtuse, even, smooth, bay-brown ; gills 

 white, then tinged rufous ; stem 2-3 in. long, becoming hollow, 

 rooting, fibrillose, whitish. 



Allied to T. flavobrunneum and T. pessiindatuni ; differing from 

 both in the absence of smell. 



In woods. 



T. pessundatum. — Smell strong of new meal. Cap about 3 in. 

 across, expanded, wavy, smooth, bay or reddish, paler towards the 

 smooth edge, which is incurved ; gills cut out behind, white, 

 then reddish ; stem 2-3 in. long, stout, almost smooth, white, 

 bulb-like, then elongating. 



In pine woods. 



T. stans. — Cap 3-4 in. across, convex, then expanded, even, 

 viscid, rufescent ; gihs white, stained reddish brown ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, stout, whitish with a rufescent tinge, squamulose. 



Flesh reddish under the cuticle. Often very viscid. 



On the ground among heather, etc. 



T. russula. — Cap about 3 in. across, granulated, rosy flesh-colour, 

 sometimes very deeply tinted ; gills pure white, becoming slightly 

 spotted ; stem ii-2 in. long, white, more or less tinged rose-colour. 



Commonly confused with Hygrophorus pudorinus and H. eru- 

 bescens ; differing from both in the granulated or corrugated cap, 

 flesh tinged rose-colour under the cuticle, and in not growing in 

 pine woods. Edible. 



Among grass under trees. 



T. frmnentaceum. — Cap 2-4 in. across, expanded, smooth, pallid, 

 with a red tinge and streaked with darker lines ; gills crowded, 

 white, then reddish ; stem 2^-3 in. long, solid, fibrillose, whitish, 

 more or less variegated with pale red. Smell like meal. 



On the ground, often in the open. 



2. Cap dry {never glidinoiis nor viscid). 



* Gills not discoloured nor spotted. 



T. rntilans (PI. VII, fig. 2). — Cap 3-6 in. across, expanded, en- 

 tirely covered with dark purple or reddish brown velvety down ; 

 flesh yellow, deeper in colour when broken ; gills yellow, edge 

 deeper in colour, thickened, downy ; stem 2-3 in. long, yellow, 

 more or less variegated with purplish squamules. 



Cap variable, . sometimes all purple, at others the purple nap is 



