292 HYGROPHORUS 



convex, then plane, viscid. St. 5-7-5 x 1-1-5 cm., white, covered with 

 minute, light yellow squamules, which form a zone at the apex. Gills 

 white, somewhat yellowish at the edge, adnate, or decurrent, broad, dis- 

 tant, sometimes crisped. Flesh white, sometimes reddish. Spores 

 white, elliptical, 6-7 x 3p. Smell pleasant, taste mild. Edible. Oak, 

 and beech woods. Aug. Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. leucodon (A. & S.) Fr. Xev/co9, white; 0801;?, a tooth. 



Differs from the type in having white squamules. 



891. H. eburneus (Bull.) Fr. Cke. lUus. no. 873, t. 886. 



Eburneus, ivory white. 



Entirely shining white, becoming yellowish with age. P. 3-10 cm., 

 convexo-plane, somewhat repand, very glutinous, margin involute, at 

 first pubescent. St. 3-8 x 1-1-5 cm., glutinous, rough at the apex with 

 dots in the form of squamules, unequal. Gills decurrent, distant, veined 

 at the base. Spores white, elliptical, 8 x 4/z. Smell not unpleasant, 

 taste mild. Woods, and pastures. Aug. Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



892. H. cossus (Sow.) Fr. Boud. Icon. t. 30. 



Cossus ligniperda, the Goat moth. 



P. 4-8 cm., white, disc ochraceous, convexo-plane, then expanded 

 and depressed, umbonate, very viscid. St. 5-10 cm. x 5-12 mm., 

 white, or becoming tinged with yellow, viscid, equal, or slightly attenu- 

 ated at the base, furfuraceous and granular at the apex. Gills white, 

 decurrent, distant, thick, connected by veins. Spores white, oval, 

 8-9 x 5-6/M, 1-guttulate. Smell strong, like that of the larva of 

 Cossus ligniperda. Woods, and under conifers. Aug. Nov. Com- 

 mon, (v.v.) 



893. H. melizeus Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 165, fig. 3. fie\i, honey. 

 Internally and externally becoming yellowish tan. P. 2-5-4 cm., disc 



fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, often repand, viscid ; margin thin, 

 at first pubescent. St. 7-8 cm. x 6-10 mm., attenuated downwards, 

 subfusiform, apex rough with innate, fioccose, white granules. Gills 

 deeply decurrent, distant, connected by veins. "Spores elliptic- 

 oblong, apiculate, creamy- white, 10 x 5 /A" Mass. & Crossl. Smell 

 pleasant. Woods. Nov. Uncommon. 



894. H. discoxanthus (Fr.) Rea. Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. in, t. 3. 



&107CO9, disc; %av06$, yellow. 



P. 4-6 cm., white, then yellowish, deeper coloured at the centre, the 

 extreme margin becoming brownish with age, viscid, convex, then 

 expanded and revolute, disc depressed. St. 3-4 cm. x 6-12 mm., 

 soon becoming reddish brown, apex white farinaceous, viscid, gradu- 

 ally attenuated downwards, often curved. Gills white, then yellowish, 



