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75. T. portentosum Quel (from its variability ; portentosus, strange) 



a b c. 



P. unequal, slaty-brown, black-fibrillose ; mid. darker. St. white 

 or greyish. G. somewhat distant, white, pale grey or yellowish. 



Solitary, gregarious or csespitose. Taste mild or somewhat nauseous ; odour 

 none. Woods, fir ; frequent. Aug.-Nov. 4^ x 3$ X in. Pileus some- 

 times 8 in. in diameter. Sometimes springing from an involved mass of 

 thick cord-like mycelium. 



76. T. fucatum Gill, (from the dyed appearance of the pileus ; fuco, 



to dye) a b c. 



P. yellowish or palest yellow, streaked brownish-buff or pale 

 slate. St. yellowish, sometimes white above and below, grey- 

 or blackish-squamulose or fibrillose. G. whitish. 



Woods, chiefly pine ; frequent. Aug.-Nov. 3i X sf X f in. 



77. T. quinquepartitum Gill, (from the pileus being supposititiously 



five-lobed; the character does not however belong to this 



species) a b. Somewhat hygrophanous. 

 P. yellowish-buff; mid. darker, unstreaked. Sf. ivory-white, not 



squamulose. G. white. 

 Taste mild ; odour none. Woods, pine ; rare. Oct. 3f X 4^ X in. 



78. T. resplendens Karst. (from its brightly shining appearance) a b. 



Shining white. 



P. sometimes very faintly stained yellowish or brownish. 

 Gregarious. Taste and odour pleasant. Woods, beech, hazel, etc. ; frequent. 

 Sept.-Oct. 2f X 2f X in. Resembles 1188 in general appearance. 



79. T. spermatieum Gill, (derivation obscure) a b. White. 



P. sometimes cream or faintest ochre-white. G. coarsely notched. 

 Poisonous. Odour strong like tallow, varying to cucumber, but stinking. 

 Woods, fir. Oct. 3f X 2j X | in. Resembling 78. 



80. T. eolossum Qudl. (from its great size) a b. 



P. rich brown, paler or whitish at marg. St. bulbous, reddish- 

 brown with a white floccose apex. G. white or dull flesh- 

 colour. Flesh hard, changing to tawny when broken. 



Odour none or cheese-like. Under Scotch firs, elms. Oct. 8 X 4^ X if in. 

 Resembling 1490 in size and colour. A form occurs apparently between 

 this and 83. Boudier considers this species to belong to Armillaria. 



81. T. nictitans Gill, (from its sporadic appearance ; nictitans, winking) 



ab. 



P. rich brown ; mid. darker. St. enlarged below. G. yellowish. 

 Taste usually mild or sweet, slightly of mushrooms, sometimes disagreeable, 



but not bitter ; odour none or sweet. Woods ; rare. Sept. 5iX3|xfin. 



Resembling 1458 in form, colour and viscidity. 



82. T. fulvellum Gill (from the tawny pileus ; fulvus, tawny) a c. 



P. dotted-wrinkled, rich tawny-brown; mid. darker. St. not 



enlarged below. G. white. 

 Odour none. Woods, beech. Oct.-Nov. 3^ X 3 X $ in. 



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