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Not found in Great Britain since the time of Sowerby, 

 whose specimens — which are connato-crespitose and convex, 

 not conical — belong to the smaller variet3^ Esculent. The 

 specific character applies to the larger variety. Sowcrby's 

 plant is simply discoloured when bruised. 



G3. A. (Trieholoma) albus^ Fr. ; pileus fleshy, at first con- 

 vex, obtuse, snaooth, even, dry ; margin at first involute, at 

 length repand ; stem firm, solid, elastic, equal, or attenuated 

 below, smooth ; gills rounded behind, fixed, thin, crowded, 

 broad, white. (Plate 4, fig. 6.)— Bull. t. 536. 



In woods. White, or shaded with yellow. Variable in 

 size. 



64. A. (Trieholoma) personatus, Fr. ; pileus at first com- 

 pact, then soft, convex, obtuse, even, smooth, moist; margin at 

 first involute, villoso-pruinose ; stem solid, blunt, somewhat 

 bulbous, villous, stained with lilac ; gills rounded behind, at 

 length free, dirty white. (Plate 5, fig. 1.) — Huss. ii. t. 40. 



In pastures. Common. Sold in Covent Garden as eat- 

 able, but has been supposed to be occasionally dangerous. 

 Varying a little in colour', but generally cinereous, and some- 

 times confounded carelessly with Cortinarius violaccus. Bright- 

 coloured specimens are sometimes difficult to distinguish from 

 the next. 



65. A. (Trieholoma) nudus, Bull. ; pileus rather thin, ob- 

 tuse, smooth, moist, changing colour; margin inflexed, thin, 

 naked ; stem stuffed, elastic, rather mealy ; gills rounded be- 

 hind, then decurrent, crowded, narrow, violet, stained when 

 old with reddish-brown. (Plate 4, fig. 7.) 



In plantations, woods, etc., es])ccially amongst pines. 

 Smaller than the last, and brighter-coloured. 



66. A. (Trieholoma) acerbus, Bull.; pileus fleshy, con- 

 vex, obtuse, smooth, rather spotted ; margin thin, strongly 



