GOMPHIDIUS. 91 



H. virgineus. Fr. 



Pileus, fleshy, convex, obtuse, flat on top, moist, satin 

 white. 



Gills, decurrent, wax}^, distant, venose connected. 



Stem, stuffed, attenuated towards the base, white, dilated 

 upwards. 



Common in cemeteries and grassy fields. 



H. chlorophanus. 



Pileus, thin, convex, margin striated, yellow. 

 Gills, adnexed, waxy, ventricose, distant, whitish. 

 Stem, viscid when moist, yellow whitish. 

 Scarce in the Valley. 



Genus XXXII. GOMPHIDIUS. 



Hymenophore decurrent on the stem. Gills composed of a 

 mucilaginous membrane, scissile, continuous at the acute edge, 

 pruinate with the blackish fusiform spores. Veil viscoso- 

 floccose. Growing on the ground, fleshy, putrescent, pileus 

 at length turbinate ; gills decurrent, distant, soft. A small 

 genus, with great differences among the species, intermediate 

 by its habit between Cortinarius and Hygrophorus. — Steven- 

 son's British Fungi, 



G. vinicolor. Pk. 



Pileus, thick, convex, and nearly plane, viscid, dark red, 

 becoming black on drying. 



Gills, distant, decurrent, olive brown or blackish when 

 mature. 



Stem, subequal, smooth, solid, vinous color, paler within. 



