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91. T. variegatum Gill, (from the variegated pileus) a b. 



P. reddish-purple on a yellow ground. St. slightly enlarged 

 below, reddish-purple-floccose on a yellowish-white ground. 

 G. yellowish-white. Flesh whitish to palest sulphur. 



Rotten wood. June-Oct. 2j x 2| x f in. Resembling a small, attenuate, 

 dull-coloured state of 90. 



92. T. luridum Quel. (from its lurid colour) a b c. 



P. whitish-brown-livid, or ashy-yellowish ; mid. darker. St. white, 



G. very crowded, whitish. 

 Taste mild ; odour of new meal. Woods, pine, etc. ; common. Sept.-Oct. 



2j X 2 X in. Compare 74 with distant gills and 103 with odour of 



soap. 



93. T. guttatum Gill, (from its spotted pileus ; gutta, a drop) a. 



P. pale buff, mid. darker, clad with large brown granular sq. ; 

 marg. remotely sulcate, white or faint rose-floccose. G. white. 

 Flesh white, pale rose under cuticle and at base of St 



Somewhat caespitose. Taste and odour acid-bitter. Woods. Oct. 3X2X|in. 

 Resembling 99. 



94. T. eolumbetta Quel. (from its dove-colour; columla^ a dove) 



a b c. 



P. moist, white or faintly clouded buff-white; mid. sometimes 

 brownish-grey. G. separating from stem. 



Solitary. Said to be edible. Taste mild ; odour none. Pastures, woods, 

 birch, fir, beech. Aug. -Nov. 4 x 3 X f in. Sometimes red- or blue- 

 spotted ; sometimes exuding a deep bright permanent violet stain. 



95. T. sealpturatum Quel. (from its scratched appearance ; scalpto^ 



to scratch) a c. 



P. livid- or grey-brown on a whitish ground. St. and Flesh 

 whitish. G. white to yellowish. 



Woods, fir; uncommon. Sept.-Nov. 3* X 3^ X in. Differs from 101 in 

 the yellowish, not grey gills. 



96. T. imbrieatum Qu&. (from the scales of the pileus ; imbricates, 



overlapping) a b c. 



P. rich reddish- or crimson-brown. St. crimson-brown, white- 

 pulverulent above. G. crowded, at first white. 



Scattered or in troops. Said to be edible. Taste when raw disagreeable. 

 Woods, pine, oak. Sept.-Nov. 4^ X 2 X f in. 



97. T. vaeeinum Quel (from the reddish-brown colour; vacca, a 



cow) a b c. 

 P. warm-rose to crimson-brown. St. crimson-brown, not white 



above. G. somewhat distant, separating from St. 

 In troops. Taste bitter, disagreeable ; odour strong, not unpleasant. Woods, 



fir. Aug.-Oct. 2| x 2 X f in. 



98. T. immundum Quel. (immundus, discoloured) a b c. 

 P. grey-buff. St. greyish-buff G. pearly-grey. 



Caespitose. Taste bitter, disagreeable ; odour mealy to offensive. On sheep - 

 dung ; rare. Sept.-Oct. 3 X 2| X in. 



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