8o AGARICINI. 



Hygro- with H. niveus, but it is more difficult to distinguish it from white forms of H. 



phorus. pratensis. It is distinguished chiefly by its smaller stature, by the colour 



being constantly white, sometimes becoming pale, by the obtuse pileus being 



scarcely turbinate, at length cracked into patches and fioccose when dry, and by 



the gills being thinner, &c. 



In pastures. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Taste like Marasmius o?'eades. M.J.B. Edible; delicious when broiled or 

 stewed. Name — virgo, a virgin. From the purity of the colours. Fr. 

 Monogr. ii. p. 133. Hym. Eur. p. 413. Berk. Out. p. 199. C. Hbk. n. 561. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 524. Price f. 41 (ochrey-white). Ag. Wulf. in Jacqu. 

 Miscell. 2. t. 15. f. 1. Sow. t. 32. Grev. t. 166. Gonn. & Rab. t. 10. f. 3. 

 Bull. t. 188. Batt. t. 12./". H. — Batsch f. 200 (a very small form). 



24. H. ventricosus B. & Br. White. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 

 in.) broad, fleshy, unequal, convex. Stem 6 cent. {2% in.) long", 

 12 mm. {%, in.) thick in the middle, solid, at length partially hol- 

 low, attenuated at the base and apex. Gills deeply decurrent, 

 narrow, sometimes forked. 



Often tinged with red from the growth of a little Fusisporium. 



Among grass. Coed Coch. 



Name— venter, the belly. From the ventricose stem. B. & Br. n. 1777. 



25. H. niveus Fr. Wholly white. — Pileus scarcely reaching 

 2.5 cent. (1 in.) broad, somewhat membranaceous, and without 

 a more compact disc, hence truly umbilicate, campanulate then 

 convex, smooth, striate and viscid when moist, not cracked when 

 dry ; flesh thin, everywhere equal, white, hygrophanous. Stem 

 5 cent. (2 in.) or a little more long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, 



fistulose, equal, even, smooth, tense and straight. Gills decurrent, 

 distant, thin, scarcely connected by veins, arcuate, quite entire. 



Thinner, tougher, and later than H. virgineus, &c. Being hygrophanous 

 the pileus is shining white when dry. Very tender forms occur. 



In pastures. Common. Sept.-Oct. 



Name — niveus, snow-white. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 133. Hym. Eur. p. 414. 

 Berk. Out. p. 199. C. Hbk. n. 562. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 525. Ag. Scop. — 

 S chaff, t. 232. Krovibh. t. 25./. 1-3. 



26. H. Wynniae B. & Br. Lemon-yellow, hygrophanous. — 

 Pileus thin, umbilicate, or somewhat infundibuliform, striate. 

 Gills decurrent, narrow, thin. 



Foetid when decayed, losing much of its lemon colour when it parts with its 

 moisture. Resembling Ag. mollis Bull., but on a smaller scale. 



On chips, old stumps, &c. Coed Coch, &c. 



Name — after Mrs Lloyd Wynne. B. & Br. n. 1781, 1962*. Sm. Gard. 

 Chron. Oct. 1878, p. 476. fig. Clitocybe xanthophylla, Bresadola Fu?iq. Trid. 

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