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Sect. 3. CollyhioidciE.
A g a r icu s (A rm illa r ia ) m u c id u s .
Armillaria.”
Fr. “Clammy
Pileus thin, soft, convex, then expanded, rugulose, glutinous ;
stem stuffed, rigid, thickened at the base ; ring superior, reflexed,
with the margin erect, s tria te ; gills rounded, striato-decur-
rent, distant, white.—Dr. Epicr.p. 24. Ft. Dan. 773, H 80,1372.
Gard. Chron., 1861,p. 576. Tratt. Austr. t. 27. Eng. FI. v. p. 11.
Saund.4 Sm. t. 5. Price,/. 91.
On Beech. [United States.]
Pure white, or with a cinereous tinge; cajspitose. Pileus l i in. broad,
white, tinged with brown, hemispherical, clammy, uneven, radiato-rugose
tough; margin tbin, somewhat turned in ; gills broad, distant, rounded
behind, but not in front, adnate, margin serrulate j stem 1^ 3 in. high, 1-2
lines thick, bulbous, attenuated upwards, often curved, white, brown at the
base, with minute adpressed scales, inipv nuliil Tm 4 T*l O -VY olrv 1 4-. ^ A I- »
[Agakicus MILI.US Sow. is doubtful. Berkeley refers it to A. (Tricho-
lomu) terreus, and Smith, following Fries, in “ Middlesex Flora,” to
Arrmllaria.] ’
Sub-Gen. 4. Tricholoma. P r. S. M. i., p. 36.
Veil absent, or if present, floccose, and adhering to the margin
or pileus ; pileus generally fleshy ; stem homogeneous,and confluent
with the hymenophore, central, and subfleshy, without either ring
or volva, and with no distinct bark-like coat ; gills sinuate, i. e.
With a sinus (or small sudden curve) near the stem ( h ) . ' ’
H a b . All the species grow on the ground, the larger in hilly
woods, and the smaller in pastures.—(P I. I I ., f. 4.)
some very late, but a group of
to t r * toting It have long’ dbee n considered special delicacies ; theX g rsepaetceire !n cuomnbsteir-
of the remaining species are also edible, and bave ^ pleafant odour l iS
S an Lample“."’'’ suspicious, of which A . saponaceus
A . Limacina— ^pileus viscid.
Sect. 1 . Hills white, not changing.
3 8 . A g a z icu s (T z icho lom a ) e q u e s tz is . lArni. “ Fir-wood
Tricholoma.”
Pilens fleshy, compact, convex, then expanded, obtuse, flexuose
squamulose, viscid ; stem solid, obese, sulphur coloured, as well as
the free, crowded gills.—Dr.Djifcr.yi. 26. Schoeff. t. 41. Buxb.iy.,
i. 10. Price,/. 92. Berh. Out. t. 4 ,/. 2. A n n .N .II. mo. 665. Krombh.
1. 1,/. 16-17. t. 68, / . 18, 21. Harz. t. 22.
Amongst fir leaves. Pare.
Pileus yellow, inclining to reddish, 3-5 in. broad, disc and scales darker.
VariaWem the length and thickness of the stem. Spores ■00023 X ‘00016 in."
39 . A g a z icu s (T z ich o lom a ) s e ju n c tu s . Sow. “ Separating
Tricholoma.”
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, umbonate, unequal, slightly
viscid, streaked with black fibres ; stem solid, stout, ventricose,
sub-sqiiamiilose ; gills emarginate, broad, rather distant, white.
—Sow. t. L26. F r .E p ic r .p . 26. E n g .F l .y .p .19. Berh. Out.p.
97. Dr. Icon. t. 23.
In mixed woods. [United States.]
Pileus several in. across ; stem 2-3 in. high. Odour unpleasant, taste bitter,
margin of the pileus thin, yellow. “ Pilens dirty yellow or nearly white ; gills
whitish and thickest near the stem, somewhat flattened, as it were, by separating
from it in a peculiar manner, and partly adhering to each other.”— Sow.
Spores nearly spherical -00025 in.— W. G. S.
4 0 . A gu zicu s (Tzicholoma.) p o z teu to su s. Fr. “ Dingy
Tricholoma.”
Pilens fleshy, convex, then expanded, sub-umbonate, unequal,
viscid, streaked with black innate lines ; margin thin ; stem solid,
stout, equal, s tria te ; gills emarginate, very broad, white, at length
distant and pallid.—Fr. Epicr.p. 27. Ann. N .H . no. 666. Fr.Icon.
i. 24a. Harz. 1.13.
In woods. iSept. King’s Cliffe.
Closely resembling A. sejunctus. Stem 3, sometimes 4-6in. long, 1 in. thick,
solid. Pileus 3-5 in. bread, livid or dingy, sometimes with a tinge of violet.
Flesh scarcely compact, white. Spores '00018 X '00013 in.— W. 6. S.
4 1 . A g a z icu s (T z ich o lom a ) fu c a tu s . Dr. “ Stained Tricholoma.”
Pileus thin, conical, then convex, at length expanded, flexuose,
viscid, streaked with innate lines ; disc fleshy ; stem solid,
somewhat bulbous, squamulose; gills emarginate, rather crowded,
yellowish-white.—Fr. Epicr.p. 27. Eng. F I. y.p. 116. Dr. Icon. t.
24b.
In pine groves.
^ The thin pilens, squamulose, suh-bulbous stem, and yellowish gills distinguish
it from A. portentosus. Pileus slightly viscid, flesh thick in the