262 AGARICACE^: Hygrophonis 



equal, smooth or subscaly, whitish to greyish. G. adnexed or 

 sinuato-adnexed, ventricose, distant, white. 



Pastures. Oct.-Nov. 3 X 2 X | in. Var. clivalis Fr., white, /'.thin, 

 fragile ; marg. incurved, striate, not viscid. St. short, fragile, attenuate 

 downwards. G. rather thick. 



1219. H. distans Berk, (from the very distant gills) a b. 



P. convex, plane, subdepressed or umbilicate, viscid, white or 

 faintly brownish. St. solid, attenuate downwards, white, 

 cinereous or pale ochre-tan below. G. plano-decurrent, few. 



Sometimes fragrant of essence of almonds, pleasant, sweet. Woods ; rare. 

 Oct. 2 X I i X J in. 



1220. H. Clarkii B. & Br. (after J. Aubrey Clark) a b. 



P. obtuse, convexo-plane, viscid, opaque umber or livid- 

 cinereous ; marg. even, white. St. solid, stuffed or hollow, 

 equal or attenuate downwards, viscid and white-squamulose 

 above, pale umber-scaly below. G. adnate, distant, broad, 

 thick, veined, ivory-white. 



Woods, pastures. Sept.-Oct. 3f X 2g x rj in. H. latitabundus Britz. is 

 this species, as is Kalchbr. Hymen. Hung. t. 24, f. i, incorrectly named 

 H. limacimts Fr. 



1221. H. metapodius Fr. (from the stem, sometimes thick above and 



attenuate below ; Gr. mefa, upside down, pous, a foot) a b c. 



P. convex, plane, obtuse, cinereous-fuscous or pale rose-shaded 

 sepia. St. stuffed, unequal, smooth, cinereous. G. adnate, 

 broadly emarginate, distant, veined, grey-white. Flesh pallid- 

 grey, reddish when broken. 



Sometimes in clusters and deformed. Taste mild, insipid to sweet ; odour 01 

 new meal. Old mossy pastures. Oct. -Jan. 2j x if X f in. At 

 maturity becoming black or deep sepia within and without. Analogous 

 with 1306 and 1307. 



1222. H. ovinus Fr. (from the woolly pileus ; ovis, a sheep) a b c. 



P. campanulate, expanded, subumbonate, revolute, incised, sub- 

 viscid, then obscurely squamulose, dull-sienna or yellow ; mid. 

 sienna-slate; marg. tan. St. somewhat stuffed, almost equal, 

 smooth, tan-grey. G. emarginate or arcuato-adnate, veined, 

 whitish-grey then rufescent. 



Odour of new meal. Woods, pastures, mossy places ; uncommon. Sept.- 

 Dec. 2j X 2Jf x ^ in. Sometimes changing to black. 



1223. H. subradiatus Fr. (from the radiato-striate pileus) a b. 



P. convex, expanded, subumbonate, pale yellowish ; mid. sienna 

 and umber ; marg. sienna, sometimes lilac. St. stuffed to 

 hollow, equal, smooth, often twisted, whitish or pale lilac 

 above, tan-brownish below. G. decurrent, somewhat thin, 

 distant, veined, white to pale yellowish. 



Old pastures, heathy ground. Sept.-Oct. 3^ x 2 x * in. Var. lacmus Fr. 

 wholly or almost wholly shining-lavender. 



1224. H. irrigatus Fr. (from its watery texture ; irrigo, to wet) a. 



P. convex, obtuse, flat, smooth, viscid, pale fawn ; mid. brown ; 



