84 AGARICINI. 



Hygro- becoming dingy white as the gluten separates, slightly fleshy, 

 fragile, campanulate, expanded, obtuse, even, smooth, viscous. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, fistulose, 

 flexuous, tough, equal, smooth, -very viscous, livid. Gills adnate, 

 with a decurrent tooth, somewhat distant, distinct, fragile, rather 

 thick, scarcely connected by veins, either wholly white or grey. 



Very variable, sometimes much larger. The gills are less juicy than those 

 of H. unguinosus, with which it must not be confounded. 



In grassy places and fir woods. Laxton, Norths. Glamis. 

 Oct.-Nov. 



Name irrigo, to wet. From its watery texture. Fr. Monogr. ii. /. 137 

 (irriguus). Hym. Eur. p. 416. Icon. t. 168. /. 3. B. & Br. n. 1280. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 531. Ag. Pers. 



36. H. Houghtoni B. Br. Pileus 4-5 cent. (1^-2 in.) 

 broad, bright coloured, convex, at length depressed in the centre, 

 striate, very viscous. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) and more long, 6 mm. 

 (J4 in.) thick, transversely undulated, very viscous, tawny-light 

 yellow. Gills decurrent, thin, pale yellowish. 



Odour foxy. The stem is sometimes tinged above with blue. The gelatin- 

 ous coat is extremely thick, and at length separates and forms a cup in the 

 centre. 



Among grass. Preston, Salop, 1872. Oct. 



Name after Rev. William Houghton. B. & Br. n. 1360. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 416. 



II I. HYGROCYBE. 

 * Gills decurrent. 



37. H. Colemannianus Blox. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - C 1 - 2 m -) 

 broad, reddish timber, paler when dry except in the centre, 

 somewhat fleshy, at first somewhat campanulate, at length ex- 

 panded, strongly umbonate, when moist striate and slightly 

 viscid. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) or more long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) 

 thick, brittle, fibrous, nearly equal, somewhat silky, white, very 

 slightly tinged with umber. Gills deeply decurrent, rather 

 broad, distant, interstices veined and rugose, umber but paler 

 than the pileus. 



In grassy places. Twycross, Warwickshire. 



Spores 6x8 mk. B. &> Br. Name from W. H. Coleman. Blox. Berk. 

 Out. p. 200. B. S- 3 Br. n. 701. C. Hbk. n. 566. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 417. 



38. H. sciophanus Fr. Pileus 1-4 cent. (%-i l / 2 in.) broad, 

 very hygrophanous with a peculiar deep tawny or rather vivid 



