3 6 ,/. 203 a. h. B. andBr. Ann. N.H ., 1866, no. 1106. A. argyraceus.
Eng. FI. ( in part.)
In woods. Sept.
Stem 2.3ÍH. long, Jin. or more thick, unequal or curved, base attenuated,
rooting. Pileus 2-4 in. broad, whitish, cinereous, greenish or blackish, margin
thin, at first inflexed. Spores '0002 X ’OOOIS in.— W. G. 8.
5 9 . A g a z icu s (Tzicholoma) c a z tila g in eu s . Bull. “ Cartilaginous
Tricholoma.”
Cartilaginous, elastic, rather fragile; pileus fleshy, convex,
búllate, gibbous, undulated, smooth; cuticle rimulose, finely
dotted with black; stem stuffed, equal, stout, lineato-striate,
somewhat mealy; gills slightly emarginate, adnexed, crowded, pallid.—
Bull. t. 5 8 9 ,/. 2. Fr. Epicr.p. 37. Sm. Joum. Bot. iii.y>.28.
In grassy spots.
Smell like that of new flour. Pileus 2-3 in. or more broad, stem short and
firm, but fragile, 1-2 in. long.
6 0 . A g a z icu s (Tz icho loma ) c u n e ifo liu s .
Tricholoma.”
Fr. “ Wedge-gill
Very brittle ; pileus rather fleshy, convex, then plane, dry,
smooth, but soon cracked; stem, hollow, attenuated downwards,
white, pruinose above ; gills thin, crowded, white, broad in front,
obliquely truncate, attenuated behind, with a decurrent tooth.—
Fr. E picr.p. 37. Eng. F I. v. p. 44. Bull. t. 5 8 0 , / A .B . Batsch.
f . 206.
In pastures. Not uncommon.
Pileus about 1 in. broad, brownish or subochraceous, subcarnose, at first
conic, ohtuse, afterwards expanded, with a strong umbo, much waved and
split at the margin, which is at first involute, and minutely tomentose, the
surface rimóse; gills distant, broad in front, ventricose, acutely arouato-
adnate, thick, connected and traversed by veins, white, with a slight reddish
cinereous tinge ; stem l- lj in , high, 2-4 lines thick, nearly equal, stuffed, at
length hollow, pruinose above, with sometimes a few superficial squamules
towards the base, smell like new meal.—Af. X Z. Spores nearly spherical
•00018 in .- IF . (7. &
Sect. 2. Gills rufescent or cinereous.
6 1 . A g a z icu s (T z icho loma ) c o lo s su s . Dr. “ Colossal Tricholoma,”
Large, very hard, pileus compact, very thick, hemispherical, then
expanded, smooth, at length diffracto-squamulose, margin at first
involute, at length unrolled and flexuous, stem quite solid, at first
tpberous, apex constricted, smooth, white, below and within
brick-red ; gills rounded, crowded, thin, white, then broad, and
of a pallid brick-red.—Fr. Epicr. p. 38. Mon. Hym. i. p. 47.
leones, i. 2 1 .
Woods. Near Taunton.—( J . A. G.)
Pileus when young tuberiform, emerging from the earth iu a bulbous form,
narrowly involute at the margin, surrounding the narrow part of the stem ;
then hemispherical, at length unrolled, plano-convex and depressed, always
very obtuse, when expanded a span or more wide, scaly. Gills rounded, free,
but on account of the obliquity of the stem, emarginate, decnrrent, at first
narrow and crowded, white, then broader, more distant, entire, at lengtn J
in. broad, fragile, lacerated, pale brick red ; stem solid, flesh everywhere similar
and very compact, 3 to 4 in. long, ovato-hnlbous at the base, but very
much narrowed at the apex, 2 in. thick, the bulbous part glabrous, but fibroso-
lacerated, tawny, the narrow part floccose and shining ; veil obsolete, unless
the flocci on the apex of the stem are considered a rudimentary one ; flesh
dry, very hard, extremely fibrous when broken, passing into a brick-red color,
at first scentless, then with a smell of cheese, or fresh meal. Spores *0002 X
•00015 in .-IF . (7. &
D . Sericella—pileus at first silky.
6 2 .
Sect. 1. Strong scented.
Ag a z icu s (Tzicholoma) su lfu z eu s . Bull. “ Sulphury
Tricholoma.”
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, rather umbonate, unequal,
at first slightly silky, then smooth and even; stem stuffed,
sub-equal, slightly stria te ; gills distant, arouato-adfixed, sulphur-
coloured as well as the stem.—Bull. t. 168. Fr. Epior. p. 40.
Vent. t. 23, f. 4-5. Berh. Outl. t. 4 ,f. 4. Sow. t. 44. Smith, P.M.,
/ 2 3 . F l.D a n .t.l9 lO ,f .l . P a u l.t. 85, f . 3-4. E n g .F l.y . p . 42.
In woods. Common.
Pileus 1-2 in. broad, fleshy, obtuse, at length expanded or depressed, with
a slight appearance of an umbo, sometimes flexuous and irregular, dirty yellow,
or ochraceous umber, darker in the centre, the margin at first involute,
and minutely tomentose, the whole clothed with extremely minute silkiness
or squamules, so as to give it a pulverulent appearance, retaining the impres -
sion of the fingers; flesh yellow; gills sub-distant, rounded, flexuous, emarginate,
or arouato-adnate; stem 2 in. or more high, 4 lines thic!?, occasionally
sub-bulbous, stuffed, sometimes at length hollow, the surface of the cavity
rather slimy, yellow within, furnished at the base oeoasionally with many
rather strong, yellow, fibrous roots j odour disagreeable, taste unpleasant.—
M. J. B.
6 3 . Ag a z icu s (Tz icho loma ) b u fo n iu s .
Tricholoma.”
P. “ Toad-like
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, suh-umhonate, at first
silky, then smooth, punctato-rugose, opaque; stem stuffed, equal,
flocculose ; gills arcuate, somewhat decurrent, rather distant, of