186 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



decurrent -with an indistinct trace of a sinns, rather distant^ 

 pnre white, becoming slightly spotted ; stem l|-2 in. long, 

 % in. thick, almost eqnal, solid, firm, white, more or less 

 tinged with rose-colour, apex squamulose ; spores elliptical, 

 10-5 /t. 



Agaricus russula, Sohaeffer, t. 68 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 363 ; Cke., 

 lUustr., pi. 926. 



Among grass Tinder trees. 



Smell and taste pleasant ; eaten in Austria. Tlesh-colour, 

 sometimes spotted with yellow, as in Mygrophorus pudorinws, 

 with which, and Sygrophoi-us erubescens, it is often confused. 

 (Pries.) 



The present difiers from both the above-named species 

 of Hygrophorus in the granulated pileus, flesh tinged with 

 rose-colour under the cuticle, and in not growing in pine 

 woods. 



Tricholoma frumentaceum. Bull. 



Pileus 2|-4 in. across, flesh compact, thick at the centre, 

 becoming gradually thinner towards the margin, white ; 

 convex then expanded, obtuse, glabrous, pallid, with a red 

 tinge, and streaked with darker lines ; gills rounded behind 

 and slightly annexed, 3-4 lines broad, crowded, white then 

 reddish; stem 2^-3 in. long, about f in. thick, equal or 

 slightly thickened at the base, solid, fibrillose, whiiish, 

 more or less variegated with pale red ; spores faintly tinge i 

 with red, elliptical, smooth, 5 x 3 • 5 /a. 



Agaricus frumentaeeus, Bull., Champ., t. 571, f. 1 ; Cke., 

 lUustr., pi. 470. 



Agaricus (Entolomd) frumentaeeus, Berk., Outl., p. 144. 



On the ground. 



Smell like meal. There is a difference of opinion, as 

 shown by the following notes, as to the position of the 

 present species. 



The plate issued in "Illustrations" was copied from a 

 drawing made by Mr. Worthington Smith, from specimens 

 sent to him from Forres, by the Eev. Dr. Keith. Never having 

 been so fortunate as to see this species, we accepted the 

 designation attached to the drawing, and published it as an 

 Entoloma, under the impression that it was the Agaricus 

 (Entoloma') frumentaeeus, B. & Br. Dr. Keith has kindly 



