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times slightly depressed, umber, dry, then more or less 

 broken up and cracked ; gills decurrent, about 1 line broad, 

 grey; stem 1-1 1 in. long, 1-1 i line thick, usually slightly 

 thinner towards the base, olive-yellow, cracked up into 

 transverse fibrous squamules; spores subglobose, apiculate, 

 4-5 p. diameter. 



Hygropliorus foelens, Phillips, Grev., vii. p. 74; Cke., 

 ITdbk., p. 299 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 903s. 



Among grass. 



Gregarious or in small clusters. Distinguished by its 

 small size, umber pileus, and very foetid smell. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) sciophanus. Fr. 



Pileus i-H in across, disc fleshy, remainder membrana- 

 ceous, hemispherical or obtusely campanulate, then expanded, 

 always obtuse, rather viscid, disc even, faintly and remotely 

 pellucidly striate towards the margin, deep tawny or vivid 

 brick-red, opaque, very hygrophanous, pale when dry, 

 becoming more or less lacerate and whitish when old ; gills 

 adnate, narrowed behind, at first evidently ascending, then 

 plane, distant, usually distinct, coloured like the pileus, or 

 sometimes with a rosy tinge; stem l|-3 in. long, thin, 

 everywhere equal, flexuous, even, glabrous, shiny, paler than 

 the pileus, hollow. 



Hygrophorus sciophanus, Fries, Epicr., p. 329 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 299 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 937A. 



Among grass and moss. 



Very elegant, densely gregarious, fragile, deep tawny, 

 stem paler or whitish, never straight. 



Spores very pale clay-coloured. There were two forms, 

 one with a darker pileus and the flesh dark, the other paler, 

 with the flesh also pale. The former only deposited spores ; 

 it is probable, therefore, that the pale form was not so fully 

 developed. (Berk.) 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) lactus. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, margin almost mem- 

 branaceous, convex then expanded, obtuse, slimy, even or 

 pellucidly striate towards the margin, tawny, shining, not 

 becoming pale; gills somewhat decurrent, distant, thin, 

 slightly connected by veins, generally flesh-coloured, but 



