360 FUNGUS-FLOE A. 



paler, unibo brownish; gills slightly deciirrent, about 1^ line 

 broad, rather distant, shining Avhite ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 2-3 lines thick, equal, often slightly curved, viscid, v^^hitish 

 but spotted and stained with brown from the veil, apex 

 smooth, solid ; sj^ores elliptical, 7-8 x *i /^. 



Hygro^Jiorub olivaceo-alhus. Fries, Epicr., p. 32-± ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 292 ; Cke., Illustr., ^\. 890. 



AVoods and w^oodland pastures. 



Stem solid, about 3 in. long, 3 lines thick, equal or 

 attenuated at the base, fundamental colour- W'hite, but 

 spotted with squamules from the adnate sheathing brown 

 veil, viscid ; the veil terminates in a ring near the apex, 

 above which the stem is stnooth and shining wdiite. Pileus 

 fleshy, at first cylindrico-globose, then expanded, umbonate, 

 becoming depressed round the umbo, altogether even, 

 glabrous, glutinous, 1-2 in. broad, olive-brown, becoming- 

 pale, especially towards the margin, which is naked from the 

 first, and somewhat striate when old. Flesh thin, w^hite, 

 gills decurrent, distant, broad, simple, connected by veins at 

 the base, always shining white. (Fries.) 



Hygrophorus (Lima.) hypothejus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-21^ in. across, convex then dej^ressed, sometimes 

 almost infundibuliform, even, slightly virgate, greyish- 

 olive, at first coveied with olive mucus, paler and yellowish- 

 olive or brownish after the gluten has disappeared ; flesh 

 thin, tinged yellowish; gills decurrent, about li line broad, 

 distant, distinct, whitish then with a yellow- or yellow-pink 

 tinge ; stem 2— i in. long, 3-5 lines thick, almost or quite 

 equal, viscid, paler than the pileus, stufied then hollow, veil 

 evident at first in the form of an imperfect ring, but soon 

 disappearing; spores broadly elliptical, 8-10 X 4-5 /x. 



Hygroplwrus liypothejus, Fries, Epicr., j). 324; Cke., Hdbk,, 

 p. 292 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 891. 



In pine woods, among heather, &c. 



Distinguished by the glutinous pileus and stem and the 

 yellowish-olive colour. Usually appears late in the season. 

 H. olivaceo-cdhus differs in the persistent shining-white 

 gills. 



