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lose, fibroso-striate, attenuated at the base. Gills somewhat concolorous, 

 decurrent, thick, distant, wide. Flesh yellowish, deeper coloured under 

 the cuticle of the pikus. Spores white, globose, 5-6 x 5/z. Taste 

 pleasant. Edible. Woods, and pastures. Oct. Dec. Uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 



919. H. pratensis (Pers.) Fr. (= Hygrophorus ficoides (Bull.) Schroet.) 

 Cke. Illus. no. 892, t. 917. Pratensis, growing in meadows. 



P. 2-5-8 cm., tawny yellow, or buff, compactly fleshy especially at 

 the disc, thin towards the margin, convex, then flattened, gibbous, 

 almost turbinate from the stem being thickened upwards, moist, 

 rimosely incised when dry. St. 4-6 x 1-1-5 cm., concolorous but paler, 

 attenuated downwards, dilated into the pileus. Grills concolorous, or 

 white, deeply decurrent, at first arcuate, then extended in the form of 

 an inverted cone, very distant, thick, firm, brittle, connected by 

 veins. Flesh ochraceous. Spores white, elliptical, 7-8 x 5/i. Smell 

 and taste pleasant. Edible. Pastures, and heaths. Aug. Dec. 

 Common, (v.v.) 



var. cinereus Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 893, t. 932, fig. B. 



Cinereus, ash colour. 



Differs from the type in the thinner, cinereous p., at length striate 

 at the margin, the white st. sometimes yellowish at the base, and the 

 cinereous gills. Heaths and downs. Sept. Oct. Not uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 



var. pallidus B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 893, t. 932, fig. A. 



Pallidus, pallid. 



Differs from the type in the pallid, infundibuliform p., with undulate, 

 defiexed margin, the dilated, fibrillosely striate St., and the pallid, decur- 

 rent, branched, distant gills. On downs and hillsides. Sept. Oct. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. umbrinus W. G. Sm. Umbrinus, umber. 



Differs from the type in the umber p., substriate at the margin, the 

 white, equal st., and the flesh being coloured umber under the cuticle 

 of the p. Hilly pastures. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. meisneriensis Fr. Meisneriensis, belonging to Mount Meisner. 

 Differs from the type in the much smaller p., at length striate at the 

 margin, the white st., and the easily separable pellicle of the p. 



920. H. Karstenii Sacc. & Cub. (= Hygrophorus bicolor Karst. sec. 



W. G. Sm.) Karst. Icon. t. xm. 



P. A. Karsten, the eminent Finnish mycologist. 



P. 5-8 cm., white, or whitish, convexo-plane, at length often 



depressed, disc compact. St. 8-14 x 1-5-2 cm., white, or whitish, 



