Outl. t. 4, f. 5. Sow. t. 281. Badh. i. Z. 1 ; ii. t. 1, f. i. Coohe
Illus. t. 63.
In pastures. May—June. Esculent.
Pilens white or slightly tinged with oohre, smell strong. Sometimes
growing ill rings.
Gills becoming reddish, or smoky.
1 0 4 . Agazicus (Tzicholoma) am e th y stin u s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 68.
Amethyst'inus=oi tlie colour of amethyst.
Pileus fleshy, convexo plane, obtuse, repand, smooth, even,
moist, spotted with blue, margin wrinkled, paler ; stem solid,^ short,
attenuated at the base ; gills somewhat adnate, crowded, white, becoming
reddish.—Cooke Illus. t. 262.
In pine woods.
1 0 5 . Ag a z icu s (Tzicholoma) a lh e llu s . B .C . Fr. Hym. Bur. 67.
Alhellus, diminutive of albus, white.
Pileus at first conical, them expanded, smooth, moist, spotted as
i f ivith scales ; disc compact, sub-umbonate ; margin thin, even,
naked ; stem solid, ovato-bulbous, fibrilloso-striate ; gills attenuated
behind, and adnexed without a tooth, crowded, entire, white,
broadest in front.—Sow. t. 122. Smith. Seem. Journ. (1866) t. 46,
f . 45. Coolce Illus. t. 229.
On the ground. Rare. Esculent.
The word “ mottled ” would give a better idea of the pileus than “ spotted
after the fashion of scales.’’ Spores very small, ovoid, '0001 in. long.
1 0 6 . Ag azicus (Tzicholoma) tig z in u s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 68.
Pfjiri'n!/s=spotted like a tiger.
Pileus fleshy, conical, convex then expanded, contorted, cracked,
moist, spotted with broivn ; margin even ; stem solid, stout, somewhat
pruinose, striate, swollen at the b a se ; gills adnate, with a
decurrent tooth, a t length distant, white, then dingy.—Schceff.
Icon. t. 89. Cooke Illus. t. 64.
Under firs.
Odonr foetid. Pilens 2-3 in. broad, stem in. long, ^ in. thick.
/ . Spongiosa. Pileus compact, then spongy ; obtuse, even,
smooth moist, not hygrophanous.
Gills not becoming discoloured.
1 0 7 . Ag azicus (Tzicholoma) Schumachezi. Fr. Hym. Eur. 69.
ScJivmach'eri, in honour of Christ. Fried. Schumacher, author
of “ Plantarum Ssellandiie,” who called this species Agaricus
fagineus (p. 330).
Pileus spongy, compact, convex, then plane, obtuse, even,
moist, margin exceeding the gills injlexed; stem fleshy, solid,
thick, fibrillose-striate ; gills slightly emarginate (a t length deciir-
rent), plane, narrow, crowded, white.— Cooke Illu s. t. 168.
In a hothouse. Apethorpe.
Pilens cinei'eous 3 in. broad ; stem 3-4 in. long.
108. Agazicus (Tzicholoma) p a tu lu s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 63.
PaZ'aZMs=spreading ; from the “ rep an d ” pileus.
Pileus fleshy, convex then plane, repand, smooth, even, pallid ;
stem solid, firm elastic, equal, smooth, gills emarginate, crowded,
reticulately white.—Fi'ies. Icon. t. 37, f . 1. Saund. ^ Sm.
t. 48, / . 1. Cooke Illus. t. 279.
In woods.
Pileus usually pale cinereous, sometimes pale gilvous.
1 0 9 . Ag a z icu s (Tzicholoma) a z cu a tus. Bull. Champ, t. 443.
A rc u c itu s= i\\a t has the jaundice, turned colour; or, perhaps,
bent like a bow, arcus, from the “ arcuate ” gills.
Pileus soft, flattened, somewhat gibbous, even, smooth, moist,
almost viscid, discoid, reddish-fuscous, turning very pale, disc
blackish, margin thin, a t first inflexed, the flesh coloured; stem
solid, firm, fibrilloso-squamulose, blackish downwards, bulbous,
sometimes marginate ; gills adnate (with a decurrent tooth) and
arcuate, slightly undulated, oi'owded, fragile, white.—Fr. Hym.
Fur. 70. Cooke Illus. t. 218, a.
On the ground in grassy places.
110. A g a z icu s (Tzicholoma) o z einu s, Fr. Hym. Eur. 76.
Orei'nus (dissyllable)—¿'petvos, dwelling on mountains, o'pos.
Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, even, smooth ; stem solid,
short, equal rather bulbillose, whitish squamulose a t the apex ; gills
rounded then free crowded, plane, white.— Cooke Illu s. t. 218, b.
On mountain heaths.
Pileua 1 inch broad, fuscous or livid.
111. Ag azicus (Tzicholoma) a lb u s. Schceff. Icon. t. 256.
HZ5ws=white.
Pileus fleshy, convex then depressed, obtuse smooth, even, dry,
margin at first involute, a t length repand ; stem solid, firm, elastic
equal, smooth ; gills rounded behind, affixed, crowded, thin, broad,
white.—Bei'k. Outl. t. 4, f . 6. Cooke lllust. t. 65. Fr. Hym.
Eur. 70.
In woods.