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whitish, and thus superficially more nearly approaching T. 

 'albobrunneum, from which it is always distinguished by the 

 jitrong smell, and yellow flesh of the stem. 



Tricholom a albobrun netim. Pers. 



Pileus about ij in. across, fleslT raffier tEck, especially at 



■^;he disc, clear white ; campanulate then hemispherical, 



viscid, almost even, but distinctly virgate or. minutely 



, streaked with innate fibrils, clear brown ; margin at first 



incurved and puckered ; gills emarginate, rounded behind, 



•not decurrent, scarcely crowded, very broad (3-4 lines), 



iirm but not thick, clear white at first, but soon becoming 



- EiHid ; stem 1 J-2 in. long, about 1 in. thick, equal appearing 



-:a,t first sight to be glabrous, but in reality minutely silky 



-on the surface, rufescent, white at both ends but most con- 



i-stantly so at the apex, which is powdei:ed with white m.eal, 



isolid, flesh firm, clear white ; spores 4^6 X 3-5 ft. 



Agaricus alhohrunneus, TerB., Syn., p. 293; Cke., Hdbk., 

 -p. 27 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 197. 

 In pine woods, &c. 



Closely allied to T. flavdhrunneum, differing in absence of 

 usmell, mild taste, and persistently white flesh. 



Tricholoma ustale. Fr. 



PUeus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick, white; hemi- 

 spherical then expanded and umbonate, finally almost plane 

 . -and obtuse, even, glabrous, not virgate or streaked, disc 

 rugulosely punctate, bay-brown ; gills emarginate with a 

 decurrent tooth, crowded, rather broad, white then tinged 

 rufous ; stem 2-3 in. long, about \ in. thick, stuffed then 

 ioUow, equal, somewhat rooting, dry, fibrillose, whitish or 

 with a rufescent tinge, apex silky, whiter but not mealy ; 

 , spores elliptical, 7-8 x 5 /x ; smell none. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) ustalis, Pries, Epicr., p. 29 ; Cke., 

 JUustr., pi. 88; Cke., Hdbk., p. 28. 



In woods. 



Intermediate between T. flavdhrunneum and T. pessundatum, 

 .but distinct from both in the absence of smell. (Fries.) 



Tricholoma pessundatum. Fr. 



Smell strong, resembling new meal. Pileus about 3 in. 

 ■a.CT0SS, flesh rather thick, convex then expanded, very obtuse. 



