342 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



sliglitly attached to the stipes, broadest in the centre, bright 

 yellow, freqiientl}' shaded with green. Stipes hollow^ 

 splitting, very viscid, 2-3 in. high, about 2 lines thick, 

 sometimes compressed, mostly crooked at the base, green 

 above, yellow below. The colonr of the whole plant varies 

 greatly in intensity. It bears the^ nearest affinity to Ag. 

 conicus ( = Hygro])liorus conicus'), from which indeed it is diffi- 

 cult to separate it by a written character. The strongest 

 difference resides in the green colonr, which is fortunately 

 very constant. It may be added, that the lamellae are 

 crowded in Ag. conicus, and not adnate with the stipes, that 

 the pileus, when young, forms a much higher cone, and 

 that the margin is very irregular, being frequently even 

 lobed. (Grev.) 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) spadiceus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-4: in. across, flesh thin, campanulate then ex- 

 23anded, obtuse, very glutinous, distinctly virgate with black 

 fibrils, olive-bay, black when dry, shining ; gills broad and 

 rounded behind, rather thick, broad, lemon-yellow, distant ; 

 stem about 3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, dry, striate- virgate 

 with brownish fibrils, fundamental colour yellowish, equal, 

 straight, hollow ; spores elliptical, 6-7 X 4 /x. 



Hygrojplwnis spadiceus. Fries, Epicr., p. 332 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 304; Cke., Illustr., pL 1161. 



In mossy meadows, &c. 



Very similar to H. conicus, but the substance is firmer, 

 never presenting a scorched, blackish appearance while 

 growing or when bruised; pileus quite black when dry; 

 distinctly virgate, more glutinous when moist and not 

 striate ; gills thicker, more distant, and not narrowed behind. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) unguinosus. Fr. 

 Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh thin, campanulate then 

 convex, obtuse, covered with a tenacious smoky -brown, 

 dripping gluten, even, at length cracking ; gills adnate but 

 verj'- ventricose, distant, thick, broad, connected by veins, 

 whitish becoming rather glaucous, soft; stem about 2 in. 

 long, 3 lines thick, usually attenuated at base and apex, 

 unequal, more or less compressed, glutinous, coloured like 

 the pileus, hollow; spores 10 x 7-8 fi. 



