144 AGARICACE^E Hebeloma 



651. H. firmum Gill, (from its firm substance) a. 



P. flat, subumbonate, subsquamulose, yellowish-brown or reddish ; 

 mid. darker. St. solid, brownish, darker below, white- 

 squamulose. G. adnexed or adnate, rounded, ferruginous, 

 edge white, serrulate. 



Odour faint. Woods, fir. Feb.-Oct. 2 X 3 X | in. 



652. H. elavieeps Quel. (from its resemblance, when young, to a 



nail ; claims, a nail, capnt, the head) a. 



P. hemispherical, gibbous-expanded, viscid, whitish or faintly 

 yellowish; mid. sienna; marg. fibrillose with V. St. stuffed, 

 whitish, fuscous below. G. emarginate, pallid brown. 



Woods, mixed ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct. if X 3^ X ^ in. 



653. H. punetatum Quel. (from the viscid-dotted pileus ; punctus, 



a point) a. 



P. piano-gibbous, pale sienna-brown, whitish at marg. St. 

 hollow, silky-fibrillose, faintly brownish. G. sinuato-adnate, 

 brownish. 



Gregarious, in troops. Odour faint, not unpleasant. Woods, pine ; 

 uncommon. Sept. 2 x 3^ X J in. 



654. H. versipelle Gill, (from its changeable appearance; verto, to 



turn, penis, skin) a b c. 



P. flat, silky-agglutinate, sienna-reddish or dull tan. St. hollow, 

 tan-white, fuscous below. G. rounded, serrulate, whitish-flesh- 

 colour. 



Subcsespitose. Odour faint, not unpleasant, but sometimes strong, fetid- 

 oily or like bugs. Grassy places, amongst fir-leaves. Aug. 

 2& X 3 X T 3 5 in. 



654a. H. strophosum Sacc. (from a fancied resemblance in the 



annulus to a sword-belt, Gr. strophes] b. 



P. convex, plane, slightly subumbonate, somewhat viscid, bay 

 or vinous-sienna, clouded deep claret-brown ; marg. white- 

 silky. St. hollow, equal, silky, whitish, shaded brown or red- 

 salmon within and without near base. A. superior, silky- 

 white. G. adnexo-free, crowded, ventricose, cream to dull 

 flesh-colour and dull cinnamon, flesh white. 



On the ground. Oct. ij X if X T 3 g in. 



655. H. mesophseum Quel. (from the dusky centre of the pileus ; 



Gr. viesos, the middle, phaios, dusky) a b c. 



P. plane, subgibbous, pale yellowish or pale pinkish-brown. St. 

 fistulose, fibrillose, whitish or faintly ochreous, ferruginous 

 below, sometimes with an imperfect fugitive A. G. rounded 

 or emarginate, pale clay-ferruginous. 



In troops, gregarious. Odour faint. Woods, pine ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct. 

 If X 2j X T 3 E in. 



