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d. SericelicB. Fileus smooth, dry, silky, never scaly, moist or
viscid, flocculose in 121.
Gills broad, somewhat thick, subdistant, except 115. Odour
strong, fetid. 113—116
Gills narrow, thin, crowded. Odour none, except 119.
117—121
B. Piletts smooth, moist in wet weather, not viscid, downy or scaly.
Flesh soft, spongy, watery, hygrophanous.
e. Guttatæ. Pileus thick, fleshy. Stetti obese, solid. Odour
pleasant. Usually vernal ; often growing in troops, or
cæspitose or forming large rings.
Gills whitish. 122—124
Gills changing colour, rufescent or smoky. 125—127
/ . Spongioses. Pileus obtuse, smooth, moist, except 133; not
hygrophanous. Gills sinuato-decurrent. Often late autumnal.
Usually growing in troops. Must not, on account of the
sinuato-decurrent gills, be confounded with Clitocybe.
Gilts whitish. 128 134
Gills changing colour. 135— 142
g. Hygrophanæ. Pileus hygrophanous, changing colour on
parting from its absorbed water.
Gills white or faintly brownish, unspotted. 143— 148
Gills becoming violet, grey, or smoky. 149— 152
a. Litnacince.
73. T. equestre Quél, (from its being the handsomest of the group ;
cques, a knight) a b c. '
P. gibbous, then expanded, sulphur-olive or ochraceous, streaked
olive-brown or olive-purplish. St. sulphur-olive, sulphur-white
within. G. sulphur-olive.
Taste pleasant or none ; odour none. Woods, fir ; uncommon. Aug-Nov
4 X 2| X I.
73a. T. eoryphæum Gill, (from its position as type of group ; Gr.
koruphaios, a leader). '
P. white, shaded sulphur-white or sulphur, punctato-virgate with
dull purplish scales. St. equal to obclavate, white, shaded
sulphur-white. G. crowded, white, edged or clouded pale
sulphur.
Under beeches. Nov. 2j x 4 X f in.
74. T. sejunetum Quél, (from the gills, separated from the stem ;
sejunctus, separated) a b c.
P. at first umbonate, buff or yellow, streaked brownish or purple-
sooty. St. white, clouded pale yellow. G. white.
Taste disagreeable, bitter; odour strong of rancid meal. Woods, chiefly
pine; uncommon. Sept.-Nov. 4Ì X 4f x | in.
75. T. portentosum Quél, (from its variability ; portentosus, strange)
a b c.
P. unequal, slaty-brown, black-fibrillose ; mid. darker. St. white
or greyish. G. somewhat distant, white, pale grey or yellowish.
Solitary, gregarious or cæspitose. Taste mild or somewhat nauseous ; odour
none. Woods, fir ; frequent. Aug.-Nov. 4J X 3J X J in. Pileus sometimes
8 in. in diameter. Sometimes springing from an involved mass of
thick cord-like mycelium.
76. T. fueatum Gill, (from the dyed appearance of the pileus ; fuco,
to dye) a b c.
P. yellowish or palest yellow, streaked brownish-buff or pale
slate. St. yellowish, sometimes white above and below, greyer
blackish-squamulose or fibrillose. G. whitish.
Woods, chiefly pine ; frequent. Aug.-Nov. X 3 | X f in.
77. T. quinquepartitum Gill, (from the pileus being supposititiously
five-lobed; the character does not however belong to this
species) a b. Somewhat hygrophanous.
P. yellowish-buff; mid. darker, unstreaked. St. ivory-white, not
squamulose. G. white.
Taste mild ; odour none. Woods, pine ; rare. Oct. 3 î X 4 j X f in.
78. T. pesplendens Karst, (from its brightly shining appearance) a b.
Shining white.
P. sometimes very faintly stained yellowish or brownish.
Gregarious. Taste and odour pleasant, Woods, beech, hazel, etc. ; frequent.
Sept.-Oct. 2f X 2§ X 4 in. Resembles 1188 in general appearance.
79.’ T. spermatieum Gill, (derivation obscure) a b. White.
P. sometimes cream or faintest ochre-white. G. coarsely notched.
Poisonous. Odour strong like tallow, varying to cucumber, but stinking
Woods, fir. Oct. 3Î X 2j x i i n . Resembling 78.
80. T. eolossum Quél, (from its great size) a b.
P. rich brown, paler or whitish at marg. Si. bulbous, reddish-
brown with a white fioccose apex. G. white or dull flesh-
colour. Flesh hard, changing to tawny when broken.
Odour none or cheese-like. Under Scotch firs, elms. Oct. 8 X 4J X i f in.
Resembling 1490 in size and colour. A form occurs apparently between
this and 83. Boudier considers this species to belong to ArmiUaria.
81. T. nietitans Gill, (from its sporadic appearance ; nictitans, winking)
a b.
P. rich brown ; mid. darker. N/. enlarged below. G. yellowish.
Taste usually mild or sweet, slightly of mushrooms, sometimes disagreeable
but not bitter ; odour none or sweet. Woods ; rare. Sept. 5 i X 3è X | in.
Resembling 1458 in form, colour and viscidity.
82. T. fulvellum Gill, (from the tawny pileus ; fulvus, tawny) a c.
P. dotted-wrinkled, rich tawny-brown; mid. darker. St. not
enlarged below. G. white.
Odour none. Woods, beech. Oct.-Nov. 3J X 3 X J in,
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