CLASSIFICATION 109 



opaque, dry, smooth, dingy wax-colour or brownish ; gills thin 

 and crowded, dark yellow or wax-colour ; stem about i in. long, 

 fibrillosely striate, yellow. 



In dry pine woods. 



T. fallax. — Cap convex, then expanded, moist, smooth, yellow, 

 disc sometimes rufous, about i in. across ; gills crowded, white, 

 then yellowish ; stem pale yellow, about i in. long." 



Distinguished among the small species of Tricholoma by the 

 clear, but pale yellow cap and stem, and the yellowish gills. 



Under firs. 



T. ionides. — Cap campanulate, then convex, at length plane, 

 umbonate, almost smooth, usually dingy violet, becoming pale, 

 1-2 in. across ; gills crowded, white, then pallid ; stem coloured 

 like the cap, often curved at the base, i-ij in. long. 



Cap violet, lilac, or brownish purple, differs from T. hitmile and 

 T. sordidum in the white gills. 



In woods. 



var. parvus. — Cap reddish brown. 



In greenhouses. 



T. carncoluni. — Cap hemispherical, then convexo-plane or slightly 

 depressed, obtuse, even, flesh-colour or rosy, becoming pale, |-i in. 

 across ; gills very broad and rounded behind, much crowded, 

 white ; stem rather tough, rigid, slightly pruinose, pale, about 

 I in. long. 



Among short grass. 



T. carneum (PI. VIII, fig. 5). — Cap expanded, obtuse, smooth, 

 fragile, persistently reddish flesh-colour, up to i in. across ; gills 

 pure white ; stem coloured like the cap, not losing its colour, 

 about I in. long. 



T . carneolum differs in having the gills very broad behind, in 

 the pale stem, and in the cap losing its colour. 



Among short grass in open pastures, etc. Often more or less 

 tufted or clustered. 



T. ccelatum. — Cap up to i in. across, centre depressed, smooth 

 and brown wheti growing, flocculose and grey when dry ; gills 

 dingy white or greyish ; stem about i in. long, brown. 



Known by small size and depressed cap. 



On the ground, especially on scorched places. 



5. Cap fleshy, soft, fragile, often marked witJi drop-like spots, or 

 rivulose ; stem solid. Mostly appearing in the spring ; tufted, or 

 growing in troops or circles. 



* Gills whitish. 



T. gambosmn (PL VIII, fig. 2). — Cap hemispherical, then convex, 

 at length expanded, obtuse, wav3^ even, smooth, but marked with 

 drop-like spots, at length cracking, pallid tan, edge incurved, 3-5 



