72 AGARICINI. 



Hygro- Edible. Spores subsphasroid, irregular, 5-6 mk. K. ; 4x5 mk. W.G.S.; 



phorus. subellipsoid, 6x4 mk. C.B.P. Name — ebur, ivory. Ivory-white. Fr. 

 Monogr. ii. p. 123. Hym. Eur. p. 406. Berk. Out. p. 197. t. 15. f. 4. 

 C. Hbk. n. 551. S. Mycol. Scot. ?i. 514. Gonn. & Rab. t. 11. f. 5. Ag. 

 Bull. t. 551. f. 2. Viv. t. 17. Schceff. t. 39. Krombh. t. 61. /. 11-14. 

 Buxb. iv. ^. 30./". 2. 



3. H. cossus Fr. — Pileus 4 cent. {1% in.) broad, yellowish- 

 white, disc somewhat ochraceous, fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, 

 smooth, glutinous, shining when dry, margin naked; flesh white. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, varying elongated, 4-10 mm. (2-5 

 lin.) thick, varying thin, stuffed, soft, somewhat equal, furfuraceous 

 and rough with dotted points upwards, white or becoming tinged 

 with yellow. Gills adnate, decurrent, distant, connected by veins, 

 firm, white. 



Veil none. It differs from H. eburneus in the pileus bei?ig yellowish, in the 

 margin being at the first naked, and especially in its unpleasant odour of goat- 

 moth. 



In woods. Frequent. Sept.-Oct. 



Name — from its odour of goat-moth {Phalcena cossi). Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 

 124. Hym. Eur. p. 406. Berk. Out. p. 197. C. Hbk. ?i, 552. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 516. Ag. Sow. t. 121. 



4. H. penarius Fr.— Pileus tan-colour, opaque, fleshy especially 

 when young, at first umbonate, then very obtuse, hemispherical 

 then flattened, even, smooth, com?no?ily dry, margin at first in- 

 volute, exceeding the gills, undulated when flattened; flesh thick, 

 hard, whitish, unchangeable. Stem curt, 4 cent. (i}4 in.) or more 

 long, about 12 mm. {% in.) thick at the apex, solid, compact, hard, 

 attenuated at the base i?ito a fusiform root, ventricose to the neck, 

 again attenuated upwards or wholly fusiform-attenuated, pale- 

 white, smeared with tenacious easily dried slime, scabrous; flesh 

 firm, but exter?ially more rigid, cuticle somewhat fragile. Veil 

 not conspicuous. Gills adnato-decurrent, acute behind, distant, 

 thick, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, veined, tan inclining to pale. 



Odour pleasant, taste sweet. The fusiform root is as long as the stem. 



In mixed woods. Stoke Poges. 



Edible. Name — penus, food. For food. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 124. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 406. Sv. dtl. Sv. t. 48. B. & Br. n. 1778. Ag. Schceff. t. 238. 

 Sow. t. 71. 



5. H. pulverulentus B. & Br. — Pileus about 8 mm. (^ in.) 

 broad, shining white, pulvinate, viscous, the involute margin 

 tomentose. Stem 18 mm. (^ in.) 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, 

 stuffed, nearly equal, attenuated at the very base, wholly powdered 



