174 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



In woods. 



Gregarious. Smell very slight, not unpleasant. 



Hebeloma versipelle. Fr. 



Pileus about 3 in across, fleshy, convex, plane, discoid, 

 covered with a thick viscid gluten, the silkiness of the veil 

 adglutinated near the margin, then glabrous, reddish-tan 

 colour, pale tan and opaque when dry ; gills rounded behind, 

 crowded, 3-5 lines broad, whitish flesh-colour then tan ; stem 

 hollow, tough, whitish-silky, mealy at the apex. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) versipellis, Fries, Epicr., p. 179; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 163. 



In grassy places, and amongst fir leaves. 



Somewhat caespitose ; smell weak, not unpleasant. 



Changes much with age. Young stage : stem hollow, 

 tough, about 2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, distinctly 

 silky-white from the veil, and above the ring of the veil 

 mealy. Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, 1 in. and more 

 across, covered with a tough, glutinous pellicle, reddish-tan, 

 disc becoming pale, with adglutinated white silkiness near 

 the margin; or squamulose according to Lindgr. ; gills 

 rounded, crowded, thin, 3 lines broad, margin quite entire, 

 dry, almost white. Adult: stem longer, not silky, but 

 longitudinally, fibrillosely striate, readily breaking up into 

 fibrils, at length, especially inside, brownish ; pileus fragile, 

 3 in. and more across, everywhere dingy tan, opaque, dry, 

 the pellicle having almost disappeared. Gills 4-5 lines 

 broad, crowded, pallid then cinnamon-tan. (Fries.) 



Hebeloma mesophaeum. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1 in. across, flesh thin, conical then expanded, 

 at length plane, disc darker and often depressed, viscid, even 

 and usually glabrous, rarely silky round the margin at first, 

 yellowish, or becoming pallid, disc somewhat bay-colour; 

 gills rounded or emarginate, crowded, thin, flat, dry, not 

 spotted, rusty-tan, the entire margin similarly coloured; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, about 2 lines thick, equal, fibrillose, 

 Jvhitish then ferruginous, base brownish, apex mealy ; veil 

 evident but delicate and fugacious ; spores elliptical, smooth, 

 7-8 x 4-5 /*. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) mesopliaeus, Fries, Epicr., p. 179 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 163; Cke., Illustr., pi. 411. 



