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HYMENOMYCETES 
solid. Common in Avoods. A firm, compact species, with 
a peculiar strong soapy smell. 
T. virgatum (virga, a stripe—from the streaked pileus). 
P. 2-3 in., somewhat umbonate, greyish, streaked with 
minute black lines; always very dry. F. greyish-white. 
G. broadly emarginate, greyish. 5 . 2-3^ in., stout, whitish 
inside and outside. Usually solitary. Common in pine 
and other woods. 
Section IV.—SERICELLA 
T. sulphureum (from its sulphur colour). Plate XLIV. 1. 
P. 1-3 in. G. distant. S. 2-4 in. Gregarious. Common 
in woods and hedgebanks in late sum. and aut. Abundantly 
distinctive in the sulphur-yellow colour of every part and 
the strong smell of gas-tar. Very young plants have a 
somewhat mealy smell. 
T. inamsenum ( inamcznus , unpleasant) smells even stronger 
than the preceding. Frequent in pine woods. Our only 
white Tricholoma with a strong smell. 
T. lascivum ( lascivus , playful, wanton—from its many 
affinities), a frequent inhabitant of mixed woods; is allied 
to both the preceding, but differs in the crowded gills and 
the tan-colour pileus, which becomes pale at maturity. 
Section V.- GUTTATA 
T. gambosum (gamba, a hoof—from the hoof-like pileus), 
“St. George Mushroom.” Plate IX. 13. 
P. 3-5 in., margin, incurved and downy at first, pallid 
tan, becoming cracked. F. thick, soft, white. G. emargi¬ 
nate, sinuate, and decurrent when old ; crowded, white. 
5 . 2-2J in., up to 1 in. thick, equal, white, solid. In 
pastures in spv. and sum., often growing in large circles. 
Smell pleasant, like new meal. Frequent. Edible. Much 
esteemed in France. Worthington Smith says it is fit for 
any saint in the calendar. 
