HEBELOMA. 171 



In woods. 



Usually large, compact when young, very soft when old, 

 smell weak, pleasant. A small form also occurs with the 

 stem not more than 2 in. long. (Fries.) 



Hebeloma fastibile. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, convex then plane, obtuse, somewhat 

 wavy, glabrous, viscid, pale yellow-tan, becoming -paler ; 

 gills emarginate, rather distant, 2-3 lines broad, pale then 

 cinnamon, edge whitish, distilling drops in rainy weather; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, up to J in. thick, solid, wholly fibrous, 

 slightly bulbous, white, fibroso-squamulose ; veil distinct, 

 white, sometimes forming a ring; spores elliptical, 10 x 6 /x. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) fastibilis, Fries, Epicr., p. 178 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 161 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 406. 



In woods. 



Smell and taste strong ; something like radishes ; bitterish. 

 Gregarious or somewhat caespitose. Allied to H. crustu- 

 liniforme^ but distinguished by the more distant gills and 

 the presence of an evident veil. Pileus yellowish, pale tan, 

 whitish, c%c. Margin sometimes sulcate or plicate. 



Var. elegans. Pileus purple-brown. 



Hebeloma senescens. Batsch. 



Pileus 2—1 in. across, convex, almost plane when old, 

 slightly viscid, ochraceous flesh-colour with a tinge of rust- 

 colour, rusty-yellow when old, the margin crisped and hoary ; 

 flesh thick, white; gills adnexed, rather crowded, 3 lines 

 broad, pallid then dusky-ferruginoiis ; stem 3-4 in. long, up 

 to f in. thick at the base, thinner upwards, lower portion 

 brown with paler, transversely arranged squamules, apex 

 persistently whitish, solid, or imperfectly hollow with age, 

 flesh white; spores elliptical, 10 x 6 //,. 



Agaricus senescens, Batsch, Elench., f. 197 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 255 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 407. 



In pine woods. 



Hebeloma glutinosum. Lindgr. (figs. 16, 17, p. 3.) 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, convex then plane, obtuse, regular, 



covered with a tough, glutinous film, yellowish-white, 



sprinkled with white, superficial squamules; flesh whitish 



