Hygrophorus AGARICACE/E 259 



1200. H. olivaeeoalbus Fr. (from the olivaceous pileus and white 



gills) a b c. 



P. conical, convex, subumbonate, even, smooth. St. solid, 

 attenuate below, white above, spotted with milky drops, 

 spotted squamulose below with fuscous V., and more or less 

 annulate. G. adnato-decurrent, distant, veined, white or 

 sulphur-greenish-white. 



Taste insipid ; odour none. Woods, woodland pastures, chiefly under pine, 

 oak. Aug.-Nov. 3* X 4| X J in. 



1201. H. hypothejus Fr. (from the sulphur-colour under the gluten ; 



Gr. hupo, under, theion, sulphur) a b c. 



P. convex, flat, depressed, gluten leaf-green or olivaceous, umber 

 or deep madder-brown. St. stuffed to hollow, equal or slightly 

 attenuate downwards, at first yellow-greenish, then yellow, 

 sometimes flesh-colour, fugaciously subannulate. G. decurrent, 

 distant, white to yellow, sometimes flesh-colour. Flesh pale 

 sulphur-yellow. 



Woods, pine, larch, amongst heather, etc. ; frequent. Sept. -Dec. 3 X 3 X | in. 

 Must not be confused with 1194. 



1202. H. eeraeinus Berk, (from its odour, like cherry-laurel ; Prunus 



Laurocerasus) a b c. 



P. convexo-expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, umber to grey ; 

 marg. minutely tomentose. St. solid, equal or attenuate 

 downwards, white. G. adnato-decurrent, very distant, branched, 

 white. 



Somewhat gregarious. Woods, fir. Sept. -Oct. 2g X 2 X in. 



1203. H. fuseoalbus Fr. (from the brown pileus and white gills) a b. 

 P. convexo-plane, obtuse, becoming cinereous ; marg. white- 



floccose. St. solid, equal, white above, tan below, sometimes 

 floccoso-annulate. G. decurrent, somewhat thick. 

 Woods, mixed, amongst moss. Sept. if X 2\ X ^ in. 



1204. H. aguthosmus Fr. (from the pleasant odour ; Gr. agathos, 



good, osme, scent) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, gibbous, livid grey or dull pale yellowish-olive ; 

 mid. usually darker. St. solid to hollow, equal, somewhat 

 fibrilloso-striate, white above, as P. below. G. decurrent, 

 distant, white. 



Odour sweet of anise, or of fruit with spirit. Woods, fir. Sept.-Nov. 





X 2j x g in. 



1205. H. mesotephrus B. & Br. (from the brown-grey middle of the 



pileus ; Gr. mesos, middle, tephros, ash-coloured) a b c. 

 P. hemispherical to flat, white ; mid. pale sienna or buff ; marg. 

 striate. St. stuffed, attenuate downwards, white, faint sienna 

 or buff below. G. decurrent, subdistant, white. 



Woods, damp places ; rare. Oct. if X 2j X \ in. 



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