DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. 

 HYaBOPHORUS HOUGHTON I, B. & Br. 



Pileus convex, the centre at length depressed ; stem transversely undu- 

 lated; cuticle thick gelatinous, extremely viscid ; gills decurrent, thiu, yellowish 

 pink ; pileus IJ — 2 inches broad, j)ink ; stem 2 — 4 inches long, and at its 

 juncture with the pileus generally tinged with blue. Odoiu?, at first none, 

 but, after being shut up in a box for a time, decidedly foxy. The gelatinous 

 coat of the pileus is very thick and at length separates and forms a cup in the 

 centre. 



Hahitat, in mossy places in woods : Ercal Heath woods in Shropshire 

 where it was first found by the Rev. Wm. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S. : 

 Dinedor Hill meadows, Herefordshire, by Dr. Bull : On the Blorenge, Aber- 

 gavenny, and at Mayfield, Sussex, by Mr. Renny. See " Annah of Natural 

 History:' May, 1873—1360. 



Fries in his New Edition of the "Epicrisis," says of this species " maxime 

 singularis, cujus affinitas mihi ignota" — p. 416. No. 44. 



