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Gregarious. Pileus 2-34 in. broad, dry, ohtuse, at first suhconlo, then
convex, expanded, sometimes plane, very broadly umbonate, fleshy, ''ich red
brown, fibrilloso-squamnlose, rimulose, the umbo darker, with the n^brils
closer : occasionally the pileus is scarcely squamulose, but clothed with adpressed
silky fibrils. Margin involute, paler, tomentose. Gills slightly
rounded behind, subadnate with a minute tooth, or nearly free, umber when
bruised, not very broad. Stem 2^-4 in. high, i- f in . thick, firm, stuned, at
length more or less hollow, sometimes strongly attenuated, sometimes m-
crassated at the base, fibrillose, colour of the pitous, B
where it is, squamulose or pubescent.-Ai.J. P . Spores 00023 X 00018 m.
- IF. G. 8.
5 4 . A g a r i c u s (T z ic h o lom a ) v a c c i n u s . P. “ Scaly Tricholoma.”
Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, umbonate, dry, rough
with floccose scales; margin involute, tomentose ; stem hollow,
equal, fibrillose; gills fixed, somewhat distant, white, at length
rufescent.—Pers. Syn.p. 293. Fr. Epicr. p. 33. Batsch. f . 116.
Pers. Ic. 4 Desc. t. 2 ,f. 1-4. Eng. F I. Y . p . 17.
In fir woods. Sept. Oct. [Carolina, U.S.]
Pileus 1-2 in. broad, campanulate when young, clothed with scales, those
in the centre thick, broad, short, on the margin consisting of fasciculate
hairs. Gills rather broad, emarginate, nearly free, at first dirty white, m
age of a rufous hue, margin generally stained with rusty spots. Stem 3-4in.
high, 4in. thick, beset with hairy scales, which mostly point upwards, paler
than the pileus, whitish above, base clothed with white down, veil iugaoious.
Taste bitter.—Pers.
55. A g a z icu s (T z icho lom a ) c za ssifo liu s.
Tricholoma
Berh. “ Thick gilled
Pileus fleshy, waved, minutely adpresso-squamulose, umbonate,
ochraceons ; disc timber ; stem solid, nearly equal, pruinose ; gills
thick, moderately distant, nearly free, at length yellowish, stained
with brown.— Outl. p. 100. A.pachyphyllus. E n g .F l.,p .l6.
In fir woods.
Gregarious. Pileus 2-4in. across, rather wavy, umbonate, at length often
depressed, ochraceous, shaded towards the centre with umber, minutely
squamulose sometimes (when old) the epidermis cracks in broad scales, flesh
very firm. Gills slightly adnexed or nearly free, acute behind, moderately
distant, thick, fleshy, acquiring at length an ochraceous hue, here and there
s t a i n e d with umber. Stem 14-2 in. long, f of a n in. thick, solid, nearly equal,
pruinose, much paler than the pileus. Odour rather strong.—
56. A g a z icu s (Tz ich o lom a ) m uz in a c eu s.
Colour Tricholoma.”
Bull. “ Mouse
distant, more or less anastomosing, brittle, cinereous, often marked
with raised lines ; edge at length black.—Sow. t. 106. Bull. t.
520. Ann. N.H., no. 261.
In woods. Sept. Not common.
Very different from Hygroplwrm murinacms, Pr. Pileus 44 in. across, at
first campanulate, slightly umbonate, then expanded, thin, firm, but very
brittle, mouse-coloured, cracked and virgate, silky, not the least viscid,
flesh white ; taste rather acrid ; smell not nitrous. Stem 3 in. high, 1 in.
thick at the top, cracked and streaked, silky, with minute black scales,
solid but fibrous, not the least stuffed or hollow ; gills very broad, undulate.
edge at length I Spores
57 . Ag a z icu s (Tzicholoma) te z z eu s. Schoeff. “ Grey Tricholoma.”
Pileus fleshy, soft, campanulate, then expanded, umbonate,
dry, clothed with innate, floccose, or scaly down ; stem stuffed,
nearly equal, adpresso-fibrillose, whitish ; gills adnexed, with a
deourrent tooth, creiiulate, pale-grey.—Schæff. t. 64. Fr. Epicr.
p. 34. Letell. t. 663. Sow. t. 76. P a u l.t. 116. Vent. t. 45, f . 4,5.
A. multiformis. Eng. F I. y . p . 18.
In woods, especially of fir.
Gregarious, often in large rings, or solitary. Pileus 1-24 iu- broad, conic
when young, with a delicate arachnoid veil, then obtuse, expanded, quite
plane, variously waved, sometimes minutely umbonate, thin, mouse-grey,
or very dark cinereous, clothed with flat and matted down, with sometimes
a few depressed or raised squamules of the same colour, margin inflexed ;
flesli cinereous ; gills rather distant, broad, the margin wavy, more or less
rounded behind, and attached by a tooth, more or less cinereous, especially
when young, with a few indistinct connecting veins ; stem 1-3 in. high,
4-4 in. thick, stuffed, at length hollow, fibrillose sericeous, sometimes a little
pulverulent, white, the base occasionally sub-rufescent ; pileus and stem
very brittle.—Af. J. B. Spores nearly spberioal "0002 in.— IF. G. S.
(PI. II., jig. 4, reduced.)
Pileus thin, firm, brittle, at first campanulate, then expanded,
cracked, streaked, silky, dry ; stem stout, cracked, and streaked
with minute black scales, solid; gills very broad, undulated,
C. Rigida—granulate or squamulose.
Sect. 1. Gills whitish.
58. Ag azicu s (T z ich o lom a ) sa,ponaceus. Fr. “ Strong Scented
Tricholoma.”
Strong scented, firm. Pileus rather compact, convex, then expanded,
obtuse, dry, smooth; then rimoso-squamose or punctate ;
margin at first naked; stem solid, unequal; gills uncinato-margi-
nate, distant, thin, quite entire, white then pallid, sometimes
greenish.—Dr. Epicr.p. 35. Bull. t. 602. Sow. t. 281. Batsch. t.
c 2