300 HYGBOPHORUS 



attenuated downwards, wavy. Gills yellow, deeply decurrent, thick, 

 distant. Spores white, elliptical, 10 x 6ju. Woods. Nov. Uncommon. 



921. H. foetens Phill. Cke. lUus. no. 904, t. 903, fig. B. 



Foetens, stinking. 



P. 1-5-2-5 cm., dark brown, convex, then plane, at length broken up 

 into squamules. St. 2-5-7-5 cm. x 4 mm., paler than the pileus, attenu- 

 ated downwards, shining, clothed with transversely arranged fibrous 

 scales. Gills somewhat of the same colour as the pileus, or paler, some- 

 what glaucous-pruinose, decurrent, distant, rather thick. Flesh dark 

 coloured. Spores white, globose, 4-5 /z. Smell very foetid, nauseous. 

 Grassy places. Sept. Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



922. H. virgineus (Wulf.) Fr. (= Hygrophorus ericeus (Bull.) Schroet.) 

 Boud. Icon. t. 37. Virgineus, maidenly. 



Entirely white. P. 37 cm., convex, then plane, obtuse, subumbonate, 

 moist, at length depressed, cracked into patches, floccose and becoming 

 yellowish when dry. St. 5-11 cm. x 5-10 mm., firm, attenuated at 

 the base, pruinose, striate. Gills decurrent, distant, rather thick, 

 veined at the base. Spores white, oblong elliptic, 9-12 x 5-6 ft. Smell 

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

 Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



var. roseipes Massee. Cke. Illus. no. 895, t. 893. 



Roseus, rose-coloured; pes, foot. 



Differs from the type in the stem being rose-coloured externally, and 

 internally towards the base. Woods, and pastures. Sept. Nov. Not 

 uncommon, (v.v.) 



923. H. ventricosus B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 897, t. 901. 



Ventricosus, ventricose. 



Entirely white. P. 5-7-5 cm., convex, unequal. St. 6 x 1-1-5 cm., 

 ventricose, attenuated at both ends. Gills deeply decurrent, narrow, 

 sometimes forked. Spores white, elliptical, 7 x 4/z. Pastures, and 

 amongst grass. Sept. Oct. Uncommon. 



924. H. niveus (Scop.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 896, t. 900, fig. A. 



Niveus, snow-white. 



Entirely white. P. 1-5-3 cm., submembranaceous, campanulate, then 

 convex, umbilicate, striate and viscid when moist. St. 4-6 cm. x 2- 

 4 mm., equal. Gills decurrent, distant, thin. Spores white, elliptical, 

 7-8 x 4-5/i. Smell and taste mild. Edible. Heaths, and pastures. 

 Sept. Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



925. H. russocoriaceus Berk. & Miller. Cke. Illus. no. 896, t. 900, 

 fig. B. Russus, Russian; coriaceus, leathery. 



P. 1-2 cm., ivory-white, convex, slightly viscid. St. 1-5-4 cm. x 2- 

 6 mm., pure white, thickened upwards. Gills concolorous, decurrent, 



