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48. A. (Tricholoma) scalpturatus, Fr. ; pilous fleshy, at 

 first subconical, broken up into floccose, umber or rufous 

 scales ; stem stuffed, unequal, -white, fibrillose ; gills cmargi- 

 nate, rather crowded, quite entire, white, becoming yellowish. 

 — A. argyraccus, Eng. Fl. (pro ijarte.) 



Fir plantations, borders of woods, etc. 



49. A. (Tricholoma) saponaceus, Fr.; strong- scented, 

 firm; pileus rather compact, at first convex, obtuse, dry, 

 smooth, then rimoso-squamose or dotted ; margin from the 

 first naked ; stem solid, unequal ; gills uneinato-cmarginatc, 

 distant, thin, quite entire, changing from white to pallid, 

 sometimes greenish. — A. argyraeeus, Fng. Fl. in part ; Bull, 

 t. 602. 



In woods. This species, A. scalpturatus, and A. ramentaceuii, 

 which latter differs in the presence of a ring, are all included 

 in the ' English Flora' under the name of A. argyraeeus. 

 A. graveolens, Sow., must be sought for under A. gambosus. 



50. A. (Tricholoma) meleagris, Soiv. ; pileus fleshy, thin, 

 convex, then plane ; cuticle broken up into black scales ; flesh 

 turning red; stem solid, squaraulose, thickened downwards, 

 and black, solid ; root reticulated ; gills nearly free. — Sow. t. 

 171. 



On hotbeds. Not sufiicientl}^ known. Intermediate in 

 characters between Lepiota and Tricholoma, but apparently 

 destitute of a veil. 



51. A. (Tricholoma) cartilagineus, Bull.; cartilaginous, 

 clastic, rather brittle; pileus fleshy, convex, gibbous, undu- 

 lated, smooth ; cuticle rimulose, finely dotted with black ; 

 stem stuffed, equal, stout, lineato-striate, somewhat mealy; 

 gills slightly emargiuate, adnexed, crowded, pallid. — Bull. t. 

 589. /. 2. 



In grassy spots. East Bergholt, l)r. Badliam. Nov. 1855. 

 Smell like that of new flour. 



