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60. A. ( T r i o h o l o m a ) g a m b o s u s , F r .; pileus very thick and
fleshy, at first convex, obtuse, at length undulated, moist,
smooth, spotted, at length cracked; margin involute, at first
flocculose, as well as the tip of the stout solid stem; gills
emarginate, with a little adnexed tooth, crowded, ventricose,
yellowish-white. (Plate 4, fig. 5.)—Soie. t. 281 ; Him. i.
t. 83.
In pastures. May, June. Pileus white, or slightly tinged
with ochre. Growing in rings. Eatable, and much approved by
many. Varying considerably in size. Smell strong, like that
of Polyporus squamosus. Sowerby’s A. graveolens is this species,
as appears from his private notes. The true A. Georgii.
61. A. (Tricholoma) monstrosus. Sow. ; pileus fleshy, at
first convex and umbonate, at length waved and lobed, opaque
as if whitewashed; margin inflexed; stem compressed, solid,
streaked, opaque white, tomentoso-squamulose above, slightly
rooting; gills moderately distant, scarcely rounded behind,
but not truly decurrcnt, cream-coloured.—Sow. t. 283.
On the ground. Jedburgh, A. Jerdon, Esq. Near Norwich,
Sow. Often densely ciespitose, and then not compressed.
This cannot be A. borealis, Er., as the pileus is
always white. In Sowerby’s figure it should be observed that
the gills are represented as distinctly rounded. Probably esculent.
62. A. (Tricholoma) altaeUus, DC.; pileus smooth, at
first conical, moist, spotted after the fashion of scales; disc
compact, subumbonate; margin th in ; stem solid, ovato-hul-
hous, fibrilloso-striate; gills crowded, entire, white, attenuated
behind and adnexed, without any tooth, broader in front.—
Sow. t. 122.
Not found in Great Britain since the time of Sowerhy,
whose specimens—which are connato-cæspitose and convex,
not conical—belong to the smaller variety. Esculent. The
specific character applies to the larger variety. Sowerby’s
plant is simply discoloured when bruised.
63. A. (Tricholoma) albus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, at first convex,
obtuse, smooth, even, dry ; margin at first involute, at
length ropand ; stem firm, solid, elastic, equal, or attenuated
below, smooth ; gills rounded behind, fixed, thin, crowded,
broad, white. (Plate 4, fig. 6 .)—Bull. t. 536.
In woods. White, or shaded with yellow. Variable in
size.
64. A. (Tricholoma) personatus, Fr. ; pileus at first compact,
then soft, convex, obtuse, even, smooth, moist; margin at
first involute, villoso-pruinose ; stem solid, blunt, somewhat
bulbous, villous, stained with lilac ; gills rounded behind, at
length free, dirty white. (Plate 5, fig. 1.)—Huss. ii. t. 40.
In pastures. Common. Sold in Covent Garden as eatable,
hut has been supposed to be occasionally dangerous.
Varying a little in colour, but generally cinereous, and sometimes
confounded carelessly with Cortinarius violaceus. Bright-
coloured specimens are sometimes difficult to distinguish from
the next.
65. A. (Tricholoma) nudus. Bull. ; pileus rather thin, obtuse,
smooth, moist, chaugiiig colour; margin inflexed, thin,
naked ; stem stufied, clastic, rather mealy ; gills rounded behind,
then decurrent, crowded, narrow, violet, stained when
old with reddish-hrown. (Plate 4, fig. 7.)
In plantations, woods, etc., especially amongst pines.
Smaller than the last, and brighter-coloured.
6 6 . A. (Tricholoma) acerbus, Bull. ; pileus fleshy, convex,
obtuse, smooth, rather spotted ; margin thin, strongly