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99. T. inodermum Gill, (from the fibrils of the pileus ; Gr. is, inos, a
nerve, derma, the skin) a b.
P. pink-buff ; mid. brownish, brown-scaly. St. white, then
partially reddish, mealy above. G. white, red-spotted when
bruised. Flesh pale pink-buff.
Damp, dense pine-woods. 2j X 2j,X J in. Resembling 93.
100. T. gausapatum Quél, (from the shaggy pileus; gausapa, a
shaggy woollen cloth) a b.
P. búllate, obtuse, wavy, woolly-fibrillose, somewhat dark-ashy-
grey ; edge at first incurved, white-woolly. Si. solid, white,
fibrillose. G. adnate, pale grey.
Taste mild ; odour none. Woods ; grassy places. Sept.-Oct. 3 X 2 X |in .
101. T. teppeum Quél, (from its earthy colour ; terra, the earth) a b c.
P. umbonate, dark purplish-grey or pale slate. St. grey, whitepruinose
above. G. white to grey.
Solitary, gregarious or cæspitose. Taste slightly rancid ; odour none.
Woods, chiefly beech, pine ; common. Aug.-Nov. 3J X 2§ X f in.
Often becoming black in drying. Sometimes springing from rose-
coloured mycelium or from rhizomorphoid threads. Var. orirubens Mass.
G. red-edged. Var. argyraceum Mass. Wholly silvery-whitish. Var.
viresceiis W. G. Sm., Agaricus scalpturatus Fr. var. vircsccns Cooke.
Becoming yellowish-green. Var. atrosquamostim Mass. Black, scaly. Var.
chrysites Mass. Becoming yellow.
101a. T. squappulosum Bres. (squarrulostis, scaly) a.
P. becoming striato-hairy, fuscous to lurid tan ; mid. black-
squamulose. St. broadly striato-rough, dark grey-umber on a
pale dull salmon ground. G. grey-white as in 101.
Under oaks, hazel. Sept. 34 X 34 X f in.
101b. T. hoppibile Rea (horribilis, rough) a.
P. dark-fuscous-squamulose, the ground pink at maturity. St.
enlarged below, white, smooth, hollow. G. emarginate, crowded ;
marg. uneven, whitish, becoming pinkish. Flesh white, becoming
pinkish and fuscous-spotted.
Under beech. 4f X 3 | X I in.
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102. T. maepophizum Sacc. (Gr. makros, long, rhiza, a root) a b.
P. smooth, then tessulato-cracked, ochreous-buff. St. whitish-
ochreous. Flesh slightly yellowish.
Taste mushroom-like or unpleasant; odour strong like 113, cadaverous, like
Lilium auratum, like carrion or fetid-sweet, varying pleasant to unpleasant.
Nov. 4I X 5 i X i j in. Pileus sometimes 8 in. or more in diam. with a
long rooting stem in proportion.
103. T. saponaeeum Quél, (from its soapy odour) a b c.
P. smooth, then olive-brown scaly. St. pale yellowish-grey, often
minutely black scaly. G. distant, yellowish-grey-white.
Woods, hedgesides, etc., amongst leaves; common. Aug.-Nov. 3j)
Often reddish when bruised. Must not be confounded with th.
112b.
104. T. eaptilagineum Quél, (from its gristly substance) a c.
P. black-dotted on a brownish ground ; mid. darker. St. smooth,
whitish. Flesh white. G. crowded, white or pale greyish.
Odour none. Grassy places in woods and pastures, amongst pines ; uncommon.
Aug.-Nov. 34 X 24 X f in . Compare 112a. An abnormal growth of
this, 4 ft. I in. X 2 ft. I in., with many pilei, raised the pavement of
Goswell Road, London, in 1S65.
105. T. tenuieeps iSIass. (from the thin flesh of the pileus ; tenuiceps,
thin-headed) a.
P. conico-hemispherical, granular, dark smoky-brown. St.
punctato-granulose, ochreous-white. G. subdistant, ventricose,
white.
Solitary or in clusters of two or three, springing from thick cord-like
mycelium. Amongst grass under trees. July. 24 X l | X i in. Resembling
227 (var. rcpcns).
106. T. lopieatum Gill (from the leathery cuticle ; lorica, a leather
cuirass) a c.
P. unusually lobed, moist or subviscid, the thick cuticle peeling
off, rich brown ; marg. paler. St. reddish-buff. G. whitish
straw-colour.
Odour strong, pleasant or nauseous. Woods, mixed. Sept. 2f X 24 X 4 in.
Compare with 87.
107. T. atpoeinepeum Quél, {ater, black, cinereus, ash-coloured) a.
P. ashy-brown or blackish; mid. darker. St. whitish. Flesh
hygrophanous.
Odour of new meal. Grassy ground. Oct. i f X i f X 4 in-
108. T. euneifolium Gill, (from the wedge-shaped gills; cuneus, a
vctáge, folium, a leaf) abe . Fragile.
P. smooth, brittle, often concentrically cracked, rich brown to
livid. St. slightly attenuate downwards, splitting, pale brownish,
white above. G. distant.
Said to be edible. Taste disagreeable, rancid ; odour strong of new meal.
Pastures ; frequent. Sept.-Nov. i f X i | X f in. Agaricus cinereo-
riinosum Batsch, a form of this, is British.
109. T. epasslfollum Sacc. (from its thick gills; crassus, Üáclí, folium,
a leaf) a.
P. ochraceous or somewhat buff; mid. umber. Si. pale
ochreous.
Gregarious or subcæspitose.
Odour strong. Woods, fir; uncommon. Oct.
24 X i f X § in.
X2f X f in.
le scentless
109a. T. sudum Quél, (sudus, dry) a.
P. ashy-rufous or blackish-umber ; marg. paler. St. punctate
with minute squamules, pallid, shaded rufous. G. whitish,
edge rufescent.
Woods. Amongst grass. 3f X 34 X f in. Compare 131.
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