118 BRITISH FUNGI. 



Hygrophorus pratensis. Fr. (Handbook No. 560.) Var. Pallida. 



B. $ Br. 



Pileus infundibuliform, pallid ; margin undulated, deflexed ; stem 

 dilated, fibrilloso -striate ; gills distant, decurrent, branched, pallid. 

 — B. $ Br. Ann. N. H., No. 1356 * 



In grassy places. Coed Coch. Oct. 



Var. Meisneriensis. Fries, Mon. Hym. ii., 132. 



Cinereous, stem often white, pileus thinner, margin at length 

 striate. — Smith, Journ. Bot., 1873, 336. 



In grassy places. Largo, N.B. 



Hygrophorus livido-albus. Ft. 



Pileus fleshy, obtuse, even, smooth, viscid, livid, of one colour ; 

 margin naked ; stem stuffed, equal, firm, nearly equal ; gills thick, 

 distinct, distant, white. — Fries, Epicr., 324. Fl. Dan., t. 1904, 

 /. 2. B. §f Br. Ann. N. H, 1357. 



In woods. Street. Oct. 



Hygrophorus Clarkii. B. & Br. 



Fragile ; pileus convex, sub-umbonate, livid, cinereous, viscid ; 

 margin even ; stem concolorous, hollow ; gills broad, distant, 

 thick, adnate, white.— B. $ Br. Ann. N. H., 1358. 



In woods. Street. Oct. 



Gills in large specimens nearly -J in. wide. 



Hygrophorus fornix atus. Fr. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, campanulate, then expanded, even, smooth, 

 viscid, livid white, stem firm, equal, tough, smooth ; gills sinuate, 

 adnexed, ventricose, distant, white. — Fries, Epicr., p. 327. Batt., 

 p. 46, t. 21. W. G. Smi., in Jour. Bot., 1873, p. 384. 



In mossy places, near Hereford. Oct. 



Pileus obsoletely umbonate, 1 in. broad, when broadly expanded 

 nearly 2 in. broad. Stem 2-3 in. high, 4 lines thick. 

 Hygrophorus metapodius. Fr. 



Pileus compact, convex, then expanded, obtuse, at first viscid, 

 then squamulose, becoming tawny ; stem solid, smooth, attenuated 

 downwards; gills thick, distant, veined, white; arcuato- decurrent 

 behind. — Fries, Obs. ii., p. 110. Fr. Sys. Myc. ii., 109. Fr. 

 Epicr., 328. Fr,Mon. Hym. ii., 135. B. $ Br. Ann. N. H, 1359. 



In pastures. Street. Oct. 



Stem 1-2 in. long, i in. and more thick; pileus 1J-3 in. broad. 



Hygrophorus Houghtoni. B. %. Br. 



Pileus convex, bright coloured, at length depressed in the 

 centre, striate, tawny yellow as well as the stem, transversely un- 

 dulate, very viscid ; gills decurrent, thin, grey. — B. 4' Br. Ann. N. 

 H., 1360. 



Amongst grass. Preston, Salop. Oct. 



Pileus 11-2 in. across ; stem 2 in. and more high, J in. thick, 

 sometimes tinged above with blue ; odour foxy. The gelatinous 

 coat is extremely thick, and at length separates and forms a cup in 

 the centre. 



