HYGROPHORUS. 351 



pileus, at first almost conical ; stem not attenuated down- 

 wards, at length hollow, and thinner gills. (Fries.) 



Pileus about 1 in. broad, brownish or subochraceous, sub- 

 carnose, at first conic, obtuse, afterwards expanded with a 

 strong umbo, much waved and split at the margin, which is 

 at first involute and minutely tomentose ; the surface rimose. 

 Gills distant, broad in front, ventricose, acutely arcuato- 

 adnate, thick, connected and traversed by veins, white with 

 a slight reddish-cinereous tinge. Stem 1-1 J in. high, 2-4 

 lines thick, nearly equal, stuffed, at length hollow ; pruinose 

 above, with sometimes a few superficial squamulae towards 

 the base. (Berk.) 



Hygrophorus (Camar.) subradiatus. Fr. 



Pileus l|-2 in. across, disc rather fleshy, remainder almost 

 membranaceous, somewhat umbonate, brownish, especially 

 at the disc, radiately striate ; gills broadly adnate with a 

 decurrent tooth, ventricose, thin, distant, white ; stem l^-2h 

 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, glabrous, pallid, base white, 

 hollow ; spores broadly elliptical, smooth, 8 x 5 /x. 



Sygrophorus subradiatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 328 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 IX 297 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 935a. 



On ground, among heather, &c. 



Stem often twisted. Pileus variable in colour, whitish, 

 livid, or livid with a reddish tinge. (Fries.) 



Var. lacmus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 16; Cke., Illustr., pi. 

 935b. ? 



Pileus about 1 in. across, fragile, disc fleshy, the rest 

 membranaceous, plane then depressed, sometimes at the 

 same time umbonate, margin irregular, radiato-striate when 

 moist, even and shining when dry, usually glabrous but 

 sometimes fibrillose or squamulose at the disc, lilac then 

 pallid ; gills very slightly decurrent ; 1 line broad,^thin, rather 

 distant, connected by veins, grey; stem 2-2 J in. long, often 

 twisted, glabrous, somewhat shining, stuffed then hollow, 

 base and apex narrowed ; spores 8 x o-Q fx. 



Among moss, &c. 



Cooke's figure does not at all agree with Fries' description 

 in his Monogr. as given above. 



Hygrophorus (Camar.) irrigatus. Fr. 

 Pileus 1-2! in. across, flesh very thin, campanulate then 



