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134. T. leueoeephalum Quél. (Gr. leukos, white, cephale, head) abc.
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Unchanging white.
P. silky-down)'. St. attenuate downwards. G. rounded.
Odour strong and pleasant of new meal. Woods, amongst leaves, lawns,
numerous specimens growing through the flattened remains of a dead
hedgehog. Aug.-Oct. x 2f x f in.
135. T. a,eepbum Quél, {accrbns, bitter) a b c.
P. viscid when moist, buff or brown; marg. involute brown
wrinkled. St. solid, squamulose, light buff, darker below
G. crowded, pallid, then spotted or rufescent.
Taste usually bitter, sometimes none ; odour strong and unpleasant, some
times pleasant or none. Woods, shady places : frequent. Aue.-Dec
6 X 3 i X l i in.
136. T. militare Gill, (from its appearance as contrasted with 137
miles, a soldier) a.
P. very fleshy, viscid, cinnamon; marg. white-floccose.
pallid. G. somewhat crowded, becoming livid-spotted.
Cæspitose or in rows. Taste and odour unpleasant. Woods.
S4 X 3 i X I in.
137. T. civile Gill, (from its appearance as contrasted with
civis, a citizen) a c.
P. subfleshy, subviscid, pale yellowish ; mid. darker.
whitish. G. becoming pale yellow, rarely spotted.
Odour none. Woods, pine. Oct.-Nov. 3 X 2I x 4 in. Resembling an
exannulate 17.
138. T. personatum Quél, (from its mask—the velvety edge of the
pileus and the scales on the stem as contrasted with 139;
persona, a mask) a h c.
P. very fleshy, somewhat pale livid-brown. St. brownish, bright
purple above, brittle below. G. livid, sometimes becoming
purplish.
Solitary or gregarious. Edible in dry weather, soddened and unwholesome
in wet. Pastures and downs, sometimes woods; common. June-Nov.
54 X 3Ì X I in. The “ bluette,” “ blewitt,” or “ blue-leg.” Often confounded
with 139 and 1039.
138a. T. glaueoeanum Bres. {glaucus, bluish-grey, camis, grey-
whitish) a b.
P . fleshy, somewhat soft, convexo-expanded, moist; marg.involute,
somewhat flocculoso-pruinose. St. solid, bulbous, fibrilloso-
striate, subsquamulose above, whitish-grey. G. emarginate,
very crowded, separating from hymenophore, purple-greyish.
Edible. Taste mild ; odour strong of new meal. Under conifers. Autumn.
X 3 X I in. At length wholly hoary. Intermediate between 138
and 139.
138b. T. sævum Gill, (from its aspect ; sccvus, sinister) a.
P. convex, then plane, pallid brownish. St. somewhat shaggy-
squamulose, bright lilac-purple, lighter above, white at base.
G. crowded, pallid whitish.
On the earth, in woods, pasturages. Nov. 3 | X 2 f X Î in.
139. T. nudum Quél, (from the naked edge of the pileus and smooth
stem when contrasted with 138) a b c.
P. somewhat thin, purple, rufescent. St. purple. G. purple to
rufescent.
Odour acid, pleasant. Woods, often amongst firs ; frequent. Sept.-Dee.
34 X 24 X 4 'B. Often confounded with 138, 149, 160, and 1039.
There is a large form twice the size of type.
140. T. eineraseens Gill, (from its ashy colour ; cinis, ashes) a b.
P. white to ashy-grey. St. whitish. G. rounded, free, white,
then darker than P.
Gregarious, cæspitose. Odour somewhat disagreeable, pungent, sometimes
like new meal. Woods ; frequent. Sometimes becomes blackish when
bruised. Aug.-Oct. 3 X 3 i X 4 in-
141. T. panæolum Quél. (Gr. panaiolos, variegated) a b.
P. convex, then flat, sooty-grey pruinose, or brown-yellow blotched
different shades of umber. St. naked, whitish-grey. G. sinuato-
rounded, then subdecurrent, white, then grey to dusky or
brownish.
Said to be edible and delicious. Odour not unpleasant. Grassy places.
Sept.-Nov. 3 i X i f X 4 in.
141a. T. enista Gill, (perhaps from Gr. knisa, odour of roasting fat) a.
P. convex, obtuse, plane, even, glabrous, moist, pale tan or
whitish ; disc darker ; marg. incurved, even, naked. St. solid,
equal, even, glabrous, tough, white. G. adnexo-rounded,
crowded, transversely veined, inclined to separate from hymenophore,
white, pallid yellow or reddish when bruised. Flesh
rather thick, soft, white.
Grassy open places. Autumn. 3f X 3 f X 4 in. Similar to 141, but white,
not becoming grey.
142. T. duraelnum Sacc. (durus, hard, acinus, a berry) a. Ashy-grey.
P. very fleshy, broadly umbonate. St. attenuate upwards, reticulato
squamose above, paler than P. or white. G. cinereous.
Under cedars. Oct. 2j X 2j X i4 in. Allied to 126.
g. PPygrophanoe.
143. T. grammopodlum Quél, (from the striate stem ; Gr. gramme,
a line, pous, a foot) a b c.
P. depressed, umbonate, livid, opaque, brownish. St. whitish
brown, enlarged and white-villous below. G. whitish or livid.
Taste unpleasant ; odour mouldy, unpleasant. Pastures and grassy places in
woods; frequent. June-Nov. 54 X 4 X | in. The pileus is frequently
clouded with white mycelium as in 153. There is a wholly white variety.
144. T. melaleueum Quél, (from the dark pileus and white stem;
Gr. melas, black, leukos, white) a b c.
P. flat, subumbonate, dark, smoky, olive- or slate-brown, varying
to lavender. St. white, often buff below. U. white, sometimes
becoming yellowish. Flesh unchanging white.
Taste strong and disagreeable or none ; odour pleasant or none. Grassy
places, orchards, gardens ; uncommon. March-Oct. 3f X 24 X 4 in.