T. russula is a dressy fungus and has a fashion of its own. The mottlings upon its cap, gill and stem, in shades of red, subdued though they be, give it a handsome personality distinct from any other. The species is a variable one in its minor markings. When moisture is prevalent the caps of all are viscid. Both young and old are often cracked. Stems frequently not squamulose at apex, frequently rosy when young, often flattened. The fibrous interior of the stem and its fibrous connection with the flesh of the cap are very marked. Gills emarginate in youth as well as in age. It is solitary, gregarious, occasionally bunched. An excellent fungus, a free late grower, meaty, easily cooked, and of fine flavor. =T. frumenta´ceum= Bull.—_frumentum_, made of corn. =Pileus= 2–3 in. broad, whitish or clay-color and variegated dull red, truly fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, viscous, dry in fine weather, _even, smooth_. =Flesh= white. =Stem= 3 in. long, ½ in. thick, _solid, equal, fibrillose_ when dry, whitish. =Gills= _rounded_, somewhat crowded, rather broad, white, at length spotted-red. Wholly _becoming pale white_, but the stem and pileus are alike _marked-red_, and the gills are at length reddish, wherefore, as well as for the _strong smell of new meal_, it is undoubtedly nearest to A. pessundatus. When full grown it has all the appearance of Entoloma. On the ground. _Stevenson._ =Spores= 6µ _W.G.S._ North Carolina, _Curtis_. Edible. Porcher says Dr. Curtis was the first to declare it edible. =T. pessunda´tum= Fr.—_pessum dare_, bent downward. =Pileus= fleshy, compact, convex, very obtuse, repand, viscid, _granulose or spotted_. =Stem= solid, firm, at first ovato-bulbous, _everywhere villose with whitish scales_. =Gills= emarginate, nearly free, crowded, white, at length spotted with red. In pine woods. Odor and taste mealy. =Pileus= bay, reddish, paler at the margin. Stature of Ag. equestris. _Fries._ =Spores= 5×2.5µ Massee; very minute, globose, 2–3µ _C.B.P._ Reckoned edible, but very rare. _Stevenson._ California, _H. and M._ II.—GENUI´NA. Cuticle of pileus torn into downy or fibrillose scales. * _Gills not changing color nor becoming spotted._ (Plate XX.) [Illustration: TRICHOLOMA DECOROSUM. Two-thirds natural size. ] =T. decoro´sum= Pk.—_decorus_, decorous. =Pileus= firm, at first hemispherical, then convex or nearly plane, adorned with numerous _brownish sub-squarrose tomentose scales_, dull ochraceous or tawny. =Flesh= white. =Gills= close, rounded and slightly emarginate behind, the edge slightly scalloped. =Stem= solid, equal or slightly tapering upward, white and smooth at the top, elsewhere _tomentose-scaly_ and colored like the pileus. =Spores= broadly elliptical, 5×4µ. =Pileus= 1–2 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long, 2–4 lines thick. Decaying trunks of trees. Catskill mountains and Alleghany county. September and October.