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Hygro- 13. H. cerasinus Berk. — Pileus 4-6 cent. (iX~ 2 /^ in >) broad, 



p orus. p a j e um £ er t | ien g r ey, fleshy, convex, broadly umbonate, often 



more or less wavy, sometimes depressed, viscid, shining when 

 dry, margin minutely tomentose. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, 

 solid, white, attenuated below, punctato -squamulose above. 

 Gills decurrent, broad, white, tinged with pink, sometimes forked, 

 very distant. 



Smell like that of cherry-laurel leaves. Somewhat gregarious. The minute 

 white down at the margin of the pileus is divided into little linear heaps by the 

 pressure of the gills in the early stage of growth. 



In woods, fir, &c. Rare. Oct. 



Name — from its smell of cherry-laurel (Primus laurocerasus). Berk. Eng. 

 Fl. v. p. 12. Out. p. 197. C. Hbk. n. 553. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 519. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 410. 



•**#* F U scous-cinereous or livid. 



14. H. fusco-albus Fr. — Pileus about 5 cent. (2 in.) broad, 

 fuscous then cinereous, fleshy, moderately firm, convexo-plane, 

 even, smooth, viscous, margin wliite-floccose. Stem 5—7.5 cent. 

 (2-3 in.) long, 8-12 mm. (4-6 lin.) thick, solid, equal, whe?i dry 

 white-floccose at the apex. Gills decurrent, broad, rather thick, 

 snow-white. 



Stature and veil those of H. chrysodon, but the veil is somewhat annular, 

 floccose not squamulose. 



Among moss. Gwrwch, 1881. 



Remarkable for its distinct floccose veil. M.J.B. Name — from the fuscous 

 pileus and white gills. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 410. B. 6* Br. n. 1962. Ag. 

 yung. Linn. v. t. 6. f. 1. 



15. H. agathosmus Fr. — Pileus 4-6 cent. {i%-2%. in.) broad, 

 livid-grey, unicolorous, dotted with minute, raised, crowded, vis- 

 cous, pellucid, whitish papillce, fleshy, convex then plane, gibbous, 

 viscous, margin at first involute and villous, soon unfolded and 

 naked, at length reflexed and undulated ; flesh soft, watery, whit- 

 ish. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) and 

 more thick, solid, firm, at length soft (also hollow), equal or 

 slightly thickened downwards, somewhat Jibrilloso-striate, not 

 viscous, roughened as if mealy upwards with white punctiform 

 squamules, which at length become cinereous. Partial veil not 

 conspicuous. Gills decurrent, distant, soft, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) 

 broad, quite entire, somewhat veined at the base, shining white. 



A very remarkable species. Odour chiefly when older sweet, of anise. 

 Lasting into late autumn. The pileus when luxuriant is much larger and 



