196 AGARICINl". 



gills rather thin, distant, at length crisped. — Fr. Epicr. 320. 



Batsch. f. 2 L2. FL Dan. L Ann. N.H. no. 258. 



In woods. [S. Carolina.] 



Resembles closely, in many respects, //. ehurneus, but is beautifully dis- 

 tinguished by the golden yellow pubescence, which is sprinkled here and 

 there over the plant, but principally on the stem and margin of the pileus. 

 Sometimes the gills are elegantly edged with yellow flocci. Smell strong. 



551. Hygrophorus eburenus. Fr. " Ivory Hygroj)horus." 



White ; pileus fleshy, even, smooth, margin entire ; stem 



stuffed, then hollow, unequal, punctate above with glandular 



scales ; gills firm, distant, straight. — Fr. Epicr. p. 321. Bull. t. 551, 



/ 2. Lenz. f. 8. Schceff. t. 39. Buxh. iv. t. 30,/. 2. Berk. Outl. t. 



15,/. 1. Ejig.Fl.Y. p. 13. Price, f.ld. Kro??ibh.t.61,f.ll-14:. 



In woods. Oct. Nov. Esculent. [S. Carolina.] 



Pileus 2-3 in. broad, shining when dry ; stem at length hollow, very 

 various in stature, flesuous in elongated specimens. — Fries. Spores "00017 X 

 .00022 in. 



552. Kygrophozus cossus. Fr. " Goat-moth Hygrophorus." 



White ; pileus fleshy, even, smooth, viscid, inclining to yel- 

 lowish, margin naked ; stem stuffed, subequal, furfuraceous 

 above; gills thin, distant, straight. — Fr. Epicr. p. 321. Sow. t. 

 121. E7ig. Fl.Y.p.lS. Mag.Zool. 4'Bot.no.4,0. Berk, exs.no. 2. 



In woods. 0>3t. Strong scented. 



Pileus 1^ in. broad, pure white, slimy, shining when dry, stained here 

 and there with yellowish, the disc sometimes sub-ocbraceous. Gills broad, 

 thick, distant, adnato-decurrent, connected by veins, and themselves 

 slightly veined. Spores white, elliptic. Stem 2^ in high, 1-3 lines thick, 

 nearly equal, here and there yellow when bruised. Smell like that of the 

 larva of the goat-moth. — M. J. B. 



553. Hygrophoius cerasinus. B. " Waxy Hygrophorus." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, broadly umbonate, pale umber, then 

 grey, viscid, margin minutely tomcntose ; stem white, solid, at- 

 tenuated below, punctato-squamulose above ; gills broad, decur- 

 rent, white, tinged with pink, sometimes forked, very distant. — 

 Berk. Outl. p. 197. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 12. 



In fir plantations. Oct. Rare. Winkbourn, Notts. 



Subgregarious, sometimes three from the same root. Pileus IJ to 2J in. 

 broad, pale umber, or ochraceous-bistre, inclining to grey when eld, fleshy, 

 convex, broadly umbonate, often more or less wavy, at length son.etiraes 

 somewhat depressed, viscid, shining when dry j margin clothed with 



