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broken up into squamules, showing the yellow flesh. Readily dis- 

 tinguished by the deep yellow flesh and yellow gills, \\ith the 

 downy edge orange-co'our. 



On wood and stumps, etc., in pine woods, etc. 



T. variegation.— Closely resembling T. riitilans in general appear- 

 ance, but recognized by the paler yellow colour of the flesh and 

 gills, and more especially by the edge of the gills being quite sharp, 

 and not more deeply coloured than the remainder. 



On rotten wood. 



T. luridum. — Cap 1J-3 in. across, flesh rather thin, convex, then 

 plane, rather wavy, deformed, dry, cuticle cracking, yellow or 

 yellowish grey ; gills broad, closely crowded, wliitish ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, stout, unequal, smooth, white. 



More or less resembling T. saponaccum and T. portcntosum, 

 differing in smell of new meal. 



In dry pine woods. 



T. guttatum. — Cap convex, then expanded, cinnamon or with a 

 pinkish tinge, broken up into granular or floccose innate scales, 

 edge remotely sulcate, incurved, and downy at first ; gills run- 

 ning in lines down the stem, crowded, snow-white ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, white, mealy, solid. 



Differs from T. tigrinum in persistently white gills and sulcate 

 edge of cap. 



Borders of woods, etc. 



T. coliimbetta. — Entirely pure white, becoming spotted with red 

 here and there. Cap 2-4 in. across, convex, then expanded, wavy, 

 dry, even, then broken up into squamules, edge incurved and 

 downy when young ; gills almost free, pure white ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long. 



Solitary, inodorous, taste mild. 



In woods. 



T. scalpturatum. — Cap 2-3 in. across, first conical, then ex- 

 panded, covered with thick down at first, then breaking up into 

 umber or rufous scales on a yellowish ground ; gills white, then 

 yellowish ; stem 2-3 in. long, whitish, fibrihose. 



Covered with floccose down at first, then breaking up into large 

 scales on a yellowish white ground. Allied to T. terreuni, which 

 differs in having greyish gills. 



In woods on the ground. 



The following varieties are recognized : 



var. argyracens. — Slenderer than typical form ; cap white and 

 silvery ; gills crowded, whitish. 



var. chry sites. — About size of typical form, pale ; cap and gills 

 becoming yellowish. 



var. viresccns. — Resembling typical form in size and colour, be- 

 coming yellowish green when bruised or during drying. 



