360 HTPOG^I. 



1053. Hyxnenogaster Klotschii. Tid, '' Klotsch's Hymeno- 



gaster." 



Obovate, fibrillose at the base, dirty white, "within dull iTifous 

 ochre ; s2:)ores small, elliptic, obtuse at either extremity, nearly 

 even.— Berk. Outl.p. 295. Tul.Hyp. 1 10,/. 12. H. albus,B. J- 

 Br. Ann. JV^.H. no. 296. Hymenangium album, Kl. Fl. Bor. t. 466. 

 PJdzopogon alius, Eng.Fl. Y.p. 22d. Bail. t. 27. Kl. exs. no. 1967. 



Amongst soil. Glasgow. 



Sowerby's Tuler alhum, t. 310, quoted in Eug. Fl. as above, is still uncer- 

 tain. Spores "016 mm. long, •0095 mm. broad ("0005 X "00035 in.). 



1054. Hymenogastex muticus. B. Jy Br. " Cracking Hymeno- 



gaster." 



Globose, cjuite white when young, then tinged with brown and 

 cracked, pale yellow-brown within; sjiores obovate, oblong, very 

 obtuse. — B. ^' Br. Ann. N. H. ser.n.,vol. n.,p.267. Berk. Outl. 

 p.2Ti). Tul.Hyp.t.lO,f.l. 



Under trees. Nov. Bristol. 



About an inch in diameter, almost destitute of any absorbing base, 

 globose, scarcely at all lobed. When young pure white, but changing with 

 age, especially when rubbed, to brownish, and at length much cracked. Sub- 

 stance pale yellowish -brown, rather firm and dry ; cells loose, but smaller 

 .than in some of the allied species, clothed with reddish-brown obovate ob- 

 long spores, which for the most part are quite obtuse, without the slightest 

 trace of an apiculus, and contain two or three variously sized oil globules. 

 Smell very slight. Distinguished from all its more immediate allies by its 

 peculiar spores.— J/./. i>. Spores "023 mm. long, •013 mm. broad ("OOOS X 

 •0004 in.). 



1055. Hymenogaster luteus. Vitt. " Yellow Hymenogaster." 



Peridium very thin, soft and silky, white, then brownish, 

 bright yellow within; spores even, ovate, or elliptic, oblong, yel- 

 low.— ^. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 294. Tul. Hyp. 1. 1,/. 3. Vitt. Tub. 

 p. 22, t. 3,/. 9. Corda. Ic. vi. t. 8,/. 76. 



In woods. Eudloe, Wilts. 



Distinguished by its bright permanently yellow hymenium, and smooth, 

 papillate, very variable, often triangular spores. The tint varies according 

 to the quantity of spores. Some specimens have but little scent; others, 

 especially the larger ones, are powerfully foetid. — B.tLBr. Spores '019- '023 

 mm. long, "0096 mm. broad (-0007 to 'OOOS X •OOOlin.). 



1056. Hymenogaster decozus. Tul. " Comely Hymenogaster." 



T^oundish, dirty-white, here and there yellow, rather firm, 

 within lilac-brown and at length blackish-violet ; absorbing base 

 obsolete ; sporojihores long, somewhat filifonn ; spores eUiptic, 



