198 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Among grass in damp places in pine woods, &c. 



Smell none. Pileus minutely and very densely granulated 

 fi'om the first, but th.e' granules are entirely innate, and are 

 formed by the cuticle. The granules are at first in Qontact, 

 and the pileus black, when adult these become true 

 granules separated by white cracks. (Fries.) 



Smell like new flour. (Berk.) 



Tricholoma tenuiceps. Cke. & Mass. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh except at the disc very thin, 

 white ; convex, obtuse or sometimes slightly gibbous, dry, 

 granular, opaque, everywhere sooty-brown; gills adnexed 

 and rounded behind, 2 lines broad, narrowed in front, ventri- 

 cose, white; stem 2-3 in. long, §-1 in. thick, solid, tough, 

 slightly thinner upwards, ochraceous-white, the entire 

 surface minutely granular, base abrupt, furnished with 

 long, spreading, cord-like mycelium; spores subglobose, 

 6-7 /A diameter. 



Agaricus (Trieholoma) tenuiceps, Cke. and Massee, Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 398; Cke., lUustr., pi. 1166. 



Among grass under trees. 



A very distinct species, easily known by the very thin, 

 blackish-brown pileus, and the spreading cord-like mycelium 

 resembling that of Collyhia platyphylla, Tax. repens. 



Solitary or in clusters of 2-3. 



Tricholoma loricatum. Pr. 



Smell strong, unpleasant. Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, 

 whitish; cartilaginous, tough, campanulate, then convex, 

 somewhat undulate, slightly viscid when moist, somewhat 

 papillose; cuticle thick, homy, separable; umber-brown 

 or Kvid-brown, paler towards the margin; gills narrowed 

 behind and almost free, closely crowded, ventricose, quite 

 entire, watery pallid or whitish straw-colour, readily sepa- 

 rating from the pileus ; stem 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, 

 equal or narrowed at the base, flesh fibrous, very tough, 

 imperfectly hollow, often tw;isted or irregular, brownish 

 bri(Jk-red, minutely fibrillusely striate under a lens. 



Agaricus (Tricholoma) loricatus, Pries, Epicr., p. 37 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 33. 



In woods. 



