3 4 AGARICINI.
Large, brownish grey; pileus 3-5 iu. broad, fleshy, margin thin, rather
brittle, convex, firm, campanulate, then somewhat plane, also depressed and
repand; gills not decnrrent, narrow, sometimes divided; stem 3 in. high, J in .
thick, firm, of the colour of the pilens, thickened at the base, and villous.—
Fries.
77 . A g a r icu s (Tricholoma) m e la leu cu s .
Tricholoma.”
P. “ Changeable
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then expanded, obsoletely umbonate,
smooth, moist, changing colour ; stem stuffed, thin, elastic, somewhat
smooth, whitish, sprinkled with a few fibrils, thickened at the
base; gills emarginate. adnexed, ventricose, crowded, white.—F r.
Epicr.p. 51. Buxh. iv. 1. 12, f . 2.
On the ground.
Stem stuffed, then hollow, 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lin. thick, whitish, with darker
striae; pilens 1J-3 in. broad, dingy black, then livid brown, pale when dry;
flesh soft, white.
7 8 . A g a z icu s (T z icho loma ) b z ev ip e s.
Tricholoma.”
Bull. “ Short-stemmed
Pileus fleshy, soft, convex, then plane, even, smooth, opaque
when dry, umber, growing pallid; stem solid, firm, rigid, very
short, sub-incrassated, brown; gills emarginate, crowded, ventricose,
brownish, then dirty white.—BuH. t. 521,/. 2 . Paul. t. 44,
/ . 1-2. F r. E p .p . 51. Seem. Journ. (1869) t. 95, f. 1-4. Kl. FL
Boruss. t. 374.
In plantations. June. Esculent.
Pileus about 2 in. broad. Stem brown within and without, bulbous, very
short. Spores '00032 X "0002 in.— W .G .S . > s
7 9 . A g a z icu s (Tzicholoma) h um ilis . Fr. “ Dwarf Tricholoma.”
Pileus fleshy, soft, umbonate, then convexo-plane or depressed,
eyen, smooth, hygrophanous; margin thin, extending beyond the
gills ; stem stuffed, short, equal, fragile, pallid, villoso-pulveru-
le n t; gills rounded (with a decurrent tooth), crowded, ventricose,
whitish.—Dr. Epicr.p. 52. Buxh. iv. t. 32. A. hlandus, Eng. F I
N o .4 1 ,Y .p .2 0 . A n n .N .H .n o .2 6 0 .
On the ground and amongst grass. [United States.]
Pileus2Jm. broad, plano-convex, umbonate, very minutely pulverulento-
tomentose, so that when touched the impression of the fingers remains upon
It, not brittle, moderately fleshy, dry, the margin sometimes undulate, grey-
lilao, with a_tinge of brown on the umbo. When young sometimes browner
the edge white, and minutely downy; gills broad, rounded behind and nearly
free, white margin undulate, brittle, becoming rather brown at the edge as
they dry. Stem 2 m. high, 2 lines thick, |i n . at the base, sub-bulbous, and
brownish at the base, the brown colour penetrating the flesh to the centre,
solid rather brittle, pulverulento-squamnlose at the apex, subhbrilloso-rimose
below, with a little down at the base. Spores white, round.—Af. J. B.
8 0 . A g a z i c u s (T z i c h o lom a ) s u b p u l v e z u l e n t u s . Pers. “ Lustrous
Tricholoma.”
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded or depressed, even, with
an innate, white, pruinose lustre ; margin inflexed ; stem solid,
equal, smooth, somewhat s tria te ; gills rounded (without a tooth),
crowded, n a r r o w , white.—Dr. Dptcr.p. 52. Huss.ii. t.39. Ann.
N .H. no. 669.
In pastures. Oct.
Pileus 2 in. across. Dirty white, or greyish, with a white lustre. Spores
•0001 X -00018in.—W. G.S.
Sub-Gen. 5 . C l it o c y b e . F r. S. M . i. p . 7 8 .
Pileus generally fleshy in the disc, ohtuse, plane or depressed,
hygrophanous, or not hygrophanous ; stem confluent and homogeneous
with the hymenophore, elastic, with a fibrous outer
coat, covered with minute fibres ; gills acutely adnate, or decurrent.—
PZ. I I ., fig. 5.
H ab. A ll are te rre stria l.
The species are generally small, though some are very
an agreeable odour, hut few only are known to he edible. Most ofthe species
appear late in the autumn or in early winter.— W. 6r.
A . Disciformes—pileus flattened.
Sect. 1. Pileus cinereous or tawny.
81. A g a z icu s (Clito cyb e) n eb u la z is. Batsoh. “ Clouded Clitocybe.”
Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, then expanded, ohtuse, even,
at first clouded with grey, then naked; stem stuffed,firm, hbnl-
loso-striate ; gills somewhat decurrent, arcuate, crowded, white,
then pallid.—P a is cL /. 193. Eng. F I. y .p . 34. Fr. E picr.p. A
Smith E .M .f. 24. FI. Dan. 1. 1734. Gard. Chron. (1860)yi. 14o,
fig. Bull. t. 400. Ag.turgidus, Grev.t. 9. H u s s .ii.t.9 . Badh. i.
t. 9 ,f. 1, ii. f. 4 ,/. 2. Berh. exs. no. 2.
In woods. Common. Esculent. [United States.]
Stem 3 in. long, about an in. thick, fibrilloso-striate, white. Pileus to h y
3-5 iu. broad, clouded with grey, or dingy brown, at length grey, sometimes
pruinose. Spores-00017 X '0001 in.—IT. (7. >S.
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