114 BRITISH Fl'NC.I 



T. panceolum. — Cap convex, then flattened, usually wavy and 

 often excentric, sooty-grey, and co\'ered with grey bloom, about 

 3 in. across ; gills crowded, white, then grey or tinged rufous ; 

 stem elastic, smooth, greyish white, i-ij in. long. 



On the ground. 



T. cnista. — Cap convex, then plane, c\-en, smooth, pale tan or 

 whitish, disc darker, 2-3 in. across ; gills brcuid, crowded, veined, 

 white, pallid yellow when bruised ; stem iJ-- iii- loi^g. smooth, 

 white, tough. 



Among grass in open spaces. 



7. Hygrophanons. Cap thin, somewhai umhonatc, flesh at length 

 soft. 



T. nwlaleucuiii (Fl. \'II, fig. i). — Cap convex, then plane, obso- 

 letely umbonate, smooth, sooty brown, dingy tan when dry, i|-3 in. 

 broad ; gills crowded, white ; stem whitish, with smoky fibrils, 2-3 

 in. long. 



Known by the sooty cap, thin flesh, and white gills. T. oreinum 

 differs in ha\'ing whitish squamulcs at the apex of the stem. 



On the ground in cultivated places, woods, etc. 



var. polioleiiciis. — Size of typical form, cap livid grey ; apex of 

 stem with white meal. 



On the ground. 



var. porpJiyroleucns. — Smaller than the typical form. Cap fleshy, 

 umbo darker and evanescent. Stem fibrillose. 



On the ground in woods. 



T. granimopodium. — Cap campanulate, then convex, even, 

 smooth, obtusely umbonate, brownish or livid when moist, whitish 

 when dry, 3-6 in. across, sometimes whitish ; gills narrowed at 

 both ends, closely crowded, white ; stem 3-4 in. long, base thick- 

 ened, whitish, longitudinally grooved. 



Often forming large fairy rings. 



Among grass in pastures, etc. 



T. brcvipcs. — Cap convex, then flattened, the umbo soon dis- 

 appearing, blackish umber or brown, I2-2 J in. broad ; gills crowded, 

 ventricose, at first with a brown tinge, then whitish ; stem short, 

 firm, rigid, stout, about i in. long, brown both outside and inside, 

 solid, more or less swollen at the base. 



On the ground in gardens,' under hedges, etc. 



T. linmile. — Convex, then expanded, wav\-, sometimes umbonate, 

 at others depressed, even, smooth, blackish l^rown, livid or pallid, 

 depending on the amount of moisture in the cap, 2-3 in. across ; 

 gills crowded, whitish ; stem greyish white, entirely covered with a 

 \-ery delicate down, soft, fragile, 1-2 in. long. 



Variable, often tufted. Differs from T. hrevipes in being tufted, 

 and in the thinner stem. 



In gardens, among cinders, grass, etc. 



