44 AGARICACE^E Tricholoma 



Sometimes confounded with 131 and 132. Var. polioleucum Gill. .P. livid, 

 then grey. Var. forphyroleucum Gill. Firmer. P. fuliginous or fuscous, 

 then rufescent, with evanescent um. 



145. T. brevipes Que'l. (from its short stem ; brevis, short, pes, a 



foot) a b c. 

 P. broadly subumbonate, livid pale- or red-brown or dull lavender. 



St. bulbous, white to brownish. G. whitish to fuscous. Flesh 



brown, white when dry. 

 Solitary or somewhat connate. Odour none. Woods, open places, fields, 



etc. June-Nov. 3f x i X \ in. 



146. T. humile Que'l. (humilis, low, dwarf) a b c. 



P. livid ashy- or warm-brown, pale dull buff or pale slate, some- 

 times faintly zoned darker. St. pulverulento-villous, ashy- 

 white. G. whitish. Flesh whitish or ashy-brown. 



Gregarious or caespitose. Taste not unpleasant ; odour none. Woods, open 

 places, gardens, cinder-heaps; frequent. Aug.-Nov. 2\ X if X J in. 



147. T. exscissum Que'l. (from the linear gills, as if cut away ; 



eoccindo, to tear out) a b c. 

 P. umbonate, brownish-white, pale mouse-colour or somewhat 



buff, varying dark brown. St. smooth, white. Flesh white. 

 Pastures. May-Nov. 3 x 2 x in. 



148. T. subpulverulentum Karst. (from the minute hoary powder 



frequent on the pileus ; pulvis, dust) a b. 

 P. broadly subumbonate, pale livid-brown, greyish or whitish. 



St. smooth, slightly striate, white. G. white. Flesh white. 

 Sometimes in large rings, twenty or more feet in diameter. Taste at first 



agreeable, at length astringent. Woods, pastures, gardens. Aug.-Oct. 



2& X if X in. 



149. T. sordidum Quel. (sordidus, dirty) a b c. 



P. broadly subumbonate, pale livid to purplish pale brown. St. 



colour as P. G. sinuato- or adnato-decurrent, becoming distant, 



purplish or pale brownish. 

 Gregarious, somewhat coespitose. Odour none. Pastures, manure, dung 



heaps. July-Nov. 3& X 2 X in. Sometimes mistaken for a pale form 



of 139. 



150. T. psedidum Que'l. (p&didus, nasty, mean) a. 



P. tough, flaccid, umbonate, smoky-grey or dull brown, at first 

 radiato-streaked with fibrils. St. paler than P. G. crowded, 

 rounded, whitish, then grey. 



Odour none. Woods, grassy places, gardens, on dunghills. Aug. 

 if X ij X I in. 



151. T. lixivium Karst. (from its watery-ashy colour ; lixivium, ashes 



and water) a b c. 



P. umbonate, umber, ashy-brown when dry. St. floccoso- 

 pruinose, white, then as P. G. distant, adnexo-rounded, grey. 

 Woods, pine. Nov. 3 X 2| x in. 



