332 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



SuJjgen. III. Limacium. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 31. 



Universal veil viscid, partial veil floccose, often forming a 

 trace of a ring, or attached to the margin of the pileus; 

 stem covered with scales, or often with wart-like squamules 

 near the apex. Gills adnato-decurrent. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



Suhrjen. I. HYGEOCYBE. 



* Gills decurrent. 



** Gills adnexed, eventiiall}' separating from the stem 

 more or less completely. 



* GUIs decurrent. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) Colemannianus. Blox. 



Pileus np to 2 in. across, flesh thick at the disc, margin 

 thin ; somewhat campanulate, then expanded and strongly 

 nmbonate; pale umber, slightly striate, and viscid when 

 moist, paler, except the disc, when dry ; gills deeply de- 

 current, connected by veins, thickish, distant, pallid brown ; 

 stem 1-1 J in. long, nearly equal, often slightly curved, 

 rather silky, pale, solid ; spores elliptical, 7 x 4 /x. 



Hygrophorus Colemannianus, Bloxam, in Berk., Outl., p. 200 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 903 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 298. 



Among grass. 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad, at first subcampanulate, at length 

 expanded, strongly umbonate, reddish-umber, paler when 

 dry, except in the centre; when moist striate and very 

 obscurely viscid. Stem 1 in. or more high, 1-2 lines thick, 

 brittle, fibrous, nearly equal, white, very slightly tinged with 

 umber, somewhat silky; gills umber, but paler than the 

 pileus, strongly decurrent, broad, distant ; interstices strongly 

 veined and rugose. (B. & Br,) 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) foetens. Phill. 

 Yery foetid and nauseous. Pileus about 1 in. across, 

 hemispherical then convex, at length expanded and some- 



