TRICHOLOMA. 221 



moist, wMtisli when dry; convex at first, soon expanded, 

 wavy, sometimes umtonate, at others depressed, even, 

 glabrous, blackish, brown, livid or pallid, depending on the- 

 amount of moisture and age, margin thin, extending beyond 

 the gills; gills adnexed, rounded behind, and with a slight 

 decurrent tooth, or sometimes arcuately decurrent, crowded, 

 2-3 lines broad, whitish ; stem 1-2 in. long, about ^ in> 

 thick, almost equal, greyish-white, entirely covered with a 

 very delicate down, stuffed, sometimes becoming hollow, 

 soft, fragile ; spores broadly elliptical, 7-8 X 5 /t. 



Agaricus humilia, Pers., Myc. Eur., iii. p. 218 ; Oke., Hdbk., 

 p. 43 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 99 and 263a. 



In gardens, among cinders, grass, &c. 



Very varialDle in form, usually tufted. Allied to T. hrevipes; 

 but distinguished by being caespitose, stem softer and 

 thinner. 



Allied to T. hrempea, but stem thinner, longer and soften. 

 Pileus greyish brown then passing through paler tints and 

 becoming pale, often entirely pulverulent. 



Var. blandus, Berk.; Cke., Hdbk., p. 43; Cke., Illustr.,. 

 pi. 263b. 



About the size of the typical form ; pileus thin, greyish- 

 lilac; gills broad, rounded behind and nearly free, purfr 

 white ; stem slender, somewhat broken up into fibrils, rather 

 bulbous, the base brown. 



Tricholoma exscissum. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1^ in. across, flesh thin, white ; campanulate then' 

 expanded, at length umbonate, even, greyish-brown, hoary- 

 when dry ; gills emarginate, 1^2 lines broad, crowded, clear 

 white; stem about 1 in. long, and 2 lines thick, almost 

 equal, whitish, polished and shining, stuffed then hollow;, 

 spores elliptical, 6-7 X 4 /;(,. 



Agaricus (^Tricholoma) exscissus. Fries, Syst., i. p. 114; Cke., 

 IHustr., p. 171 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 43. 



In pastures. 



A small but pretty species. Stem solid when young, 

 hollow when adult, thin, even, glabrous, shining, 1-2 in. 

 long, 1-2 lines thick, equal, pure white. Pileus rather- 

 fleshy, campanulate when young, soon expanded, umbo pro- 

 minent, at length often undulate, even, glabrous, mouse- 



