AGAEICINI. 201 



same colour as fhe pileiis, distant, deeply deciirrent, interstices 



venoso-rugose. — Berk. Outl. p. 200. Ann. N.H.no.l 01. Batsch. 



f. 215 ? 



In grassy pastures. Twycross. 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad, at first sub-campanalate, atlength expanded, strongly 

 umbonate, reddisb timber, paler when dry, except in the centre, when moist 

 striate, and very obscurely viscid. Stem i in. or more high, 1-2 lines thick, 

 brittle, fibrous, nearly equal, white, very slightly tinged with umber, some- 

 what silky; gills umber, but paler than the pileus, strongly decurrent. broad, 

 distant, interstices strongly veined and rugose.— Spores •00025 X '0003 in. 

 long, obovate. 



Sect. 3. Hygrocyhe. 



567. Hygrophorus laetus. Fr. " Shining Hygrophorus." 



Pileus tMn, convexo-plane, nearly even, viscid, some^vliat 

 shining, tawny; stem tough, equal, tawny ; gills sub- decurrent, 

 thin, distant, paler. — Fr. Epicr. p. 330. Ann. N.H. no. 702. 



On open pastures. 



Stem hollow, 2-3 in. long, slender, 2 lin. thick, equal, tough, even, quite 

 smooth. Pileus about an inch broad, slightly fleshy, margin membranaceous, 

 obtuse, even, or slightly striate at the margin. Spores "0003 in. long, nearly 

 globose. 



568. Hygrophorus ceraceus. Fr. " Wax-like Hygrophorus." 



Brittle. Pileus thin, convexo-plane, obtuse, slightly striate, 

 viscid, waxy, as well as the fistulose, unequal, shining stem ; 

 gills adnate, sub-decurrent, distant, yellow. — Fr. Epicr. p. 330. 

 Jacq.CoU.n.t.lD,f.2. Sow. t. 20. Eng. Fl.Y.p.4.0. 



In pastures. Common. [Cincinnati, United States.] 



Pileus 1 in. broad, convexo-plane, occasionally sub-umbonate, viscid, sub- 

 carnose, margin sub-striate ; gills very broad {% of an inch), ventricose, con- 

 nected by veins. Stem 2-3^ in. long, 2 lines or more thick, flexuous, equal, 

 or slightly unequal, sometimes compressed, yellow, occasionally orange at 

 the base.— J/. /• B. ' Spores -00026 X '00018 in. 



569. Hygrophorus coccineus. Fr. •' Carmine Hygrophorus." 



Fragile. Pileus thin, convex, obtuse, viscid, scarlet, growing 

 pale, smooth ; stem hollow, compressed, yellowish ; gills adnate, 

 with a decurrent tooth, connected by veins, variously shaded. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 330. Schceff. t. 302. Bull. t. 570./. 2, S. T.X. Huss. 

 i.i.61. Fl.Dan.t.7,D. Soiv.t. 381 (partly). Batt.t.ld,B. Eng. 

 Ft. v. p. 40. Price,/. 57. Vent. t. 52,/. 1-5. 



In open pastures. Sept. Oct. Common. 



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