90 AGARICINI. 



Hygro- In pastures. Uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 



phorus. 



I have found several specimens larger than described by Berkeley, quite as 

 large as full-sized H, conicus which it resembles very much in shape. Spores 

 3x4 mk. W. G.S, Namecalyptra, a hood ; forma, form. From its shape. 

 Berk. Out. p. 202. Trans. Woolh. Club, t. 21. /. 4-6. C. Hbk. n. 576. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 541. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 420. 



50. H. chlorophanus Fr. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, com- 

 monly bright sulphur-yellow, sometimes however scarlet, not 

 changing colour, somewhat membranaceous, very fragile, at 

 first convex, then plane, obtuse, orbicular and lobed, and at length 

 cracked, smooth, viscid, striate. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 

 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, hollow, equal, round, rarely compressed, 

 wholly even, smooth, viscid when moist, shining when dry, wholly 

 unicolorous, rich light yellow. Gills emarginato-<7<^;m/, very 

 ventricose, with a thin decurrent tooth, thin, distant, distinct. 



Very much allied to H. conicus, but never becoming black, and otherwise 

 certainly distinguished by its convex, obtuse, striate pileus, by its even and 

 viscous stem, and by its emarginato-frce, thin, somewhat distant, whiter gills. 

 Like H. ceraceus in appearance. 



In grassy and mossy places. Common. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores pruniform, 8 mk. Q. Name x Aw Ps, greenish-yellow ; of colour 

 generally, pale ; 4>aCvu>, to appear. From the pale yellow colour. Fr. Monogr. 

 ii. p. 143. Hym. Eur. p. 420. Icon. t. 167. f. 4. B. & Br. n. 933. C. Hbk. 

 7i. 574. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 542. Hoffm. Ic. t. 5. f. i. 



51. H. psittacinus Fr. Pileus about 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, for 

 the most part yellow tinged with green, slightly fleshy, campanu- 

 late then expanded, umbonate, smooth, very glutinous when 

 young, slightly viscid when more fully grown, becoming pale but 

 not changing colour and not torn. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 

 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, hollow, equal, but often bent, even, 

 toughish, greenish, at least at the apex. Gills adnate, but very 

 ventricose, rather thick, broad, somewhat distant, most frequently 

 green. 



The colour of the pileus and stem is very variable, when full grown for the 

 most part yellowish, but varying brick-colour, reddish, whitish, most frequently 

 with a greenish tinge. In the toughness of the stem it approaches H. Icetus. 

 Easily distinguished by the greenish gluten with which it is smeared, and 

 which persistently tinges the apex of the stem. It varies very much in size. 



In pastures. Common. Aug.-Oct. 



In some stages of growth it is exceedingly tough. Spores ellipsoid-sphae- 

 roid, 7-8 x 5-6 mk. K. ,-6x7 mk. W. G.S. Nsunepsittacits, the ringed green 

 parrot. From the colours. Fr. Monogr. ii. /. 143. Hym. Eur. p. 420. Berk. 

 Out. p. 202. C. Hbk. n. 575. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 543. Hussey i. t. 41. Ag. 

 Schceff. t. 301. Sow. t. 82. Grev. t. jjf. Biill. t. 545. /. i. Ventur. t. 42. /. 

 1-3. Batt. t. 2 1./. E. 



