io8 BRITISH FUNGI 



T. virgatum. — Cap 2-3 in. across, expanded and somewhat um- 

 bonate, dry, smooth, even, greyish, and streaked witli fine black 

 lines, umbo darker, squamulose ; gills l.road, crowded, becoming 

 greyish ; stem about 3 in. long, whitish. 



The only Tricholoma with a perfectly dry, finely streaked cap. 



In pine woods, etc. 



4. Cap slightly silky at first, soon almost smooth, dry, not dis- 

 tinctly scaly. 



* Gills broad, rather distant. Strong scented. 



T. sulfareum (PI. VII, fig. 6). Smell strong and very un- 

 pleasant. Entirely sulphur-yellow ; cap 1-3 in. across ; stem 2-4 

 in. long. 



In woods. 



T. opicmn. — Cap convex, then expanded, obtusely umbonate, 

 becoming upturned and splitting, often minutely squamulose, grey, 

 i-i| in. across ; gills broadly emarginate, hoary ; stem fibrillose, 

 pallid or greyish, 2-3 in. long. 



Inodorous. Somewhat resembling T. saponaccum, but differs in 

 the absence of smell. 



Among moss in pine woods, etc. 



T. hujoniiim. — Cap 1^-2^ in. across, becoming almost plane, 

 somewhat gibbous, corrugated, purphsh brown to blackish umber ; 

 gills yellowish tan-colour, then pallid ; stem 2-3 in. long, flocculose, 

 coloured like the cap. 



Distinguished by the tan-coloured gills and flocculose or downy 

 stem. 



In pine woods. 



T. lascivmn. — Smell strong, foetid. Cap convex, then plane, at 

 length depressed, slightly silky, dry, tan-colour, then pallid, about 

 2 in. across ; gills arcuately decurrent, thin and crowded ; stem 

 entirely fibrous, fibrillose, whitish, apex with white meal, base root- 

 ing, about 2 in. long. 



In mixed woods. 



var. rohiistiis. — More robust than tlie type. Cap almost white, 

 silky. Smell scarcely evident. 



In woods. 



T. inamoenitm. — Foetid. Cap convex, then expanded, rather um- 

 bonate, very dry, slightly silky, then smooth, dingy white, 1-2 i in. 

 across ; gills very broad and very distant, pure white ; stem 

 almost smooth, white, solid, often rooting, 3-4 in. long. 



Our only white Tricholoma with a very foetid smell, which is 

 much stronger and more unpleasant than that of T. sulfa ream. 



In pine woods, etc. 



** Gills thin, crowded, narroiv ; small. Inodorous. 



T. cerinum. — Cap i-i| in. across, convex, then depressed, 



