34 AGARICACE^: Tricholoma 



83. T. flavobrunneum Quel. (flavus^ light yellow, brunneiis, brown) 



a b c. 

 P. streaked, tawny or rich brown; mid. darker. St. slightly 



enlarged below, rich brown or brownish. G. light yellowish. 



Flesh white or partially pale yellowish. 

 Gregarious, csespitose or in troops. Odour strong of rank meal or cheese. 



Deciduous woods, especially birch, beech ; amongst gorse. Sept.-Nov. 



3^ X 2j X f in. A form occurs apparently between this and 80. 



84. T. albobrunneum Quel. (albus, white, brunneus, brown) a b c. 



P. streaked, rich ochreous to pale brown ; mid. darker. St. not 

 enlarged below, yellowish-brown, white above and below. 

 G. white. Flesh permanently white. 



Said to be edible. Taste usually mild, sometimes bitter ; odour none. 

 Plantations, fir. Sept.-Dec. 4 x 2 x f in. 



85. T. ustale Quel. (from its scorched appearance ; ustus, burnt) a be. 

 P. dotted- wrinkled, rich- or purple-brown, becoming black-brown, 



unstreaked. St. slightly attenuate downwards, brownish-white. 

 G. white. Flesh sometimes changing to faintest rose. 

 Odour none. Woods, chiefly pine ; rare. Aug.-Nov. 3 X 2 X | in. 

 Intermediate between 83 and 86. 



86. T. pessundatum Quel. (from the foot-trodden appearance in 



Sterbeek's illustration) a b c. 



P. guttato-spotted, not streaked, brown. St. equal, pale ochre- 

 brown. G. white. 



Said to be edible, but suspected poisonous. Taste mild ; odour strong of new 

 meal. Woods, fir ; rare. Sept.-Nov. 4$ x 2\ X I in. 



87. T. stans Gill, (from its standing distinct from 86) a b c. 



P. reddish-brown. St. equal, white. G. white. Flesh reddish 



under cuticle. 

 Woods. Sept.-Oct. 3$ x 4 X I. Compare 106. 



88. A. Russula Gill, (from its resemblance to certain of the red 



Russula) a b c. 

 P. rose, or crimson-granulate, or rose-liver-purplish, variegated 



rose and ivory-white. G. white, palest rose or clouded as P. 

 Eaten in Austria. Taste and odour mild, pleasant. Under trees. Oct. 



4f X 2 x | in. Perhaps allied to 1192. 



89. T. frumentaeeum Quel. (from its odour of meal ; frumentum, 



corn) a c. 

 P. whitish-buff; mid. brownish-buff. St. equal. G. white. Flesh 



white. 

 Odour strong of new meal. Sept.-Oct. 3^ x i& X f in. 



b. Genuine. 



90. T. rutilans Quel. (rutilo, to be reddish) a b c. 



P. dark purple on a yellow ground. St. enlarged below, light sulphur, 

 purple-floccose. G. bright yellow. Flesh sulphur to yellow. 



Suspected poisonous. Odour none. Woods, pine, birch; base of trees; 

 common. Aug.-Nov. 5^ X 4^ X I in. Pileus sometimes 7 in. or more 

 in diam. 



