CLASSIFICATION 113 



deeply emarginate, crowded, white, then yehowish, not spotted ; 

 stem 2-2| in. long, whitish, fibrillosely squamulose. 



In pine woods. 



T. duracinum. — Cap 2-3 in. across, broadly gibbous, dry, smooth, 

 edge incurved, shining, grey with olive tinge ; gills crowded, grey ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, greyish white, reticulately scaly above. 



Flesh of centre of cap nearly i in. thick. 



On the ground under cedars. 



T. personatum (Blewits) (PI. VIII, fig. 3). — Cap about 3 in. across, 

 fleshy, convex, then expanded, regular, smooth, moist, pale dingy 

 yellowish tan, sometimes tinged grey or lilac ; gills crowded, 

 violet, then dingy ; stem about 2 in. long, rather bulbous, coloured 

 like the cap, often with a violet tinge. 



Gregarious, often forming large fairy-rings. Cap occasionally 

 lilac or violet, shining as if oiled, edge incurved, downy ; edible ; 

 brownish when old. 



In pastures and woods. 



T. nudum. — Whole fungus violet at first. Cap 2-4 in. across, de- 

 pressed, often wavy, flesh thin, edge incurved, naked ; gills bright 

 violet when young, then brownish violet ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 elastic, fibrillose, with a white bloom. 



Differs from T. personatum in thin flesh and naked edge of cap, 

 and from T. sordidmn in persistently incurved edge of cap. Edible. 



Among heaps of leaves, under trees, etc. 



T. cinerascens. — Cap 2-3 in. across, obtuse, smootli, even, white, 

 then greyish ; gills white, then reddish grey, finally dingy yellow ; 

 stem often curved, fibrous, coloured like the cap. 



In woods. Tufted. Cap sometimes pale ochraceous. 



T. scBvum. — Cap convex, then plane, the edge remaining incurved 

 for a long time, buff, 2-3 in. across, flesh thick ; gills crowded, 

 narrow, pallid ; stem short, about i in. long, stout, streaked with 

 bluish purple or lilac, slightly squamulose from the breaking-up of 

 the cortex. 



Differs from T. personatum in the short, stout, squamulose stem, 

 and the absence of a purple tinge on the gills. T. glaucocanum differs 

 in the greyish purple gills. 



T. glaucocanum. — Cap fleshy, soft, convex, then expanding, 

 moist, bluish grey, edge involute or incurved, somewhat 

 floccosely pruinose or downy, 2-3 in. across ; gills emarginate, 

 very much crowded, greyish purple, readily separating from the 

 cap, as in Paxillus ; stem solid, more or less bulbous, fibrillosely 

 striate, slightly squamulose upwards, whitish grey. 



Smell strong of new meal, taste mild. Becoming hoary when dry. 

 Said to be edible. May possibly have been passed over as some form 

 of T. terreum. Is said to hover between T. pcrsoiuitum and T. scrvuiii. 



On the ground under conifers. 

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