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Section VI.—SPONGIOSA 
T. album ( albus , white). 
Whole plant ivory white, with weak smell and bitter 
taste. 
P. 3-4 in., fleshy, very dry, disc sometimes yellowish. 
G. emarginate, crowded, persistently, white. S. 3 in., 
stout, attenuated upwards, elastic, solid. Frequent in 
woods in aut. Sometimes very slender. 
T. personatum ( persona , a mask—from its mask, the downy 
margin of the pileus and the scaly stem, as contrasted with 
its ally, T. nudum). 
P. 2-4 in., margin at first incurved and downy, slightly 
projecting beyond the gills; yellowish tan colour or greyish- 
lilac. G. rounded behind, almost free, crowded, violet at 
first, then dingy. S. 2-3 in., f in. thick, rather bulbous, 
dowmy, solid, colour of the pileus or tinged violet. In 
pastures and woods in sum. and aut., often in large rings. 
Smell pleasant, recalling that of Mavasmius oveades. At one 
time sold in the market at Covent Garden under the name 
of “ Blewitts.” 
T. nudum (from the naked edge of the pileus and the 
smooth stem) is more slender than the preceding. F. very 
thin, except at the disc. Whole plant beautiful violet 
colour at first, becoming rufescent, the gills darker. Margin 
persistently incurved and not downy. Smell, acid. 
Section VII.—HYGROPHANA 
T. grammopodium (Gr. gramme , a line ; pons , a foot—from 
the striate stem). 
P. 3-6 in., margin thin, brownish at first, whitish when 
dry, soft, fragile, obtusely umbonate. G. closely crowded, 
white, adnate upon the expansion of the pileus. S. 3-4 in., 
A inch thick, distinctly grooved longitudinally, whitish, 
solid, elastic. Often growing in rings in pastures and 
