Tricholoma AGARIC ACE^) 4! 



f. Spongiosce. 



128. T. Schumacher! Gill, (after Christian Friedrich Schumacher) a b. 

 P. livid grey or faint brownish-lilac; mid. darker; marg. 



exceeding G. Sf. ivory-greyish or white, base villous. G. 

 subdecurrent, very crowded, white or brownish-white. 

 Woods, hothouses. Autumn. 3l X 3 X f in. Not unlike 153. 



128a. T. amieum Gill, (from its being well known ; amicus, a friend) a. 

 P. fleshy, convexo-expanded, broadly umbonate, even, glabrous, 

 dusky- or olive-brown ; membrane of P. extending beyond G. 

 St. solid, firm, bulbous, white or slightly suffused with colour of 

 P. G. rounded, almost free, broad, distant, white. Flesh 

 white. 



Solitary. Odour none. Amongst pines, mossy places. Autumn. 

 3 X 3 X \ in. 



129. T. eireumteetum Sacc. (from the encircling margin of the 



pileus, circumtectus} a b. 

 P. olive or dusky; mid. tawny. Sf. white. G. emarginate, 



distant. 

 Taste mild ; odour none. Sept. 2j x i X f in. Elastic. Compare 126 



and 142. 



130. T. patulum Quel. (from the spread out pileus, patulus) a b c. 



P. ivory-brown to pale, dull lavender-brown or whitish, becoming 



pale yellowish. St. white. G. rounded, almost free to distant, 



whitish. 

 Solitary, oespitose or in troops. Odour none. Woods, under birches. Only 



appearing in very wet seasons. Oct. 4 X 3 X i^ in. The caespitose 



form must not be confounded with 179. 



131. T. arcuatum Quel. (from its arched gills) a c. 



P. dark-brown ; mid. almost black, becoming lighter. St. sub- 

 bulbous, white, brown at base. G. sinuate, white or buff-white. 

 Flesh becoming yellow or brownish. 



Gregarious. Grassy ground. Oct. -Nov. 2f X i X ^ in. Sometimes 

 confounded with 109a and 144. 



132. T. oreinum Gill, (from its usual habitat ; Gr. oreinos, hilly) a. 

 P. livid brown; marg. exceeding G. St. subbulbous, white 



above, ochreous below. G. rounded, free. Flesh white. 



Solitary. Odour none. Heaths and open ground. Autumn, ij X \\ X \ in. 

 Sometimes confounded with 144. 



133. T. album Quel. (albtts, white) a b c. Ivory-white, sometimes 



becoming faintly yellowish or slightly buff, fleshy. 

 P. dry. St. attenuate upwards. G. sinuate. 

 Perhaps poisonous. Taste unpleasant, bitter, acrid; odour weak or none. 



Woods ; frequent. Aug.-Nov. 4^ X 3! X in. Var. catsariatum Quel. 



P. thin. St. thin. G. almost free. Must be carefully distinguished from 



other white species. 



