334 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



varying to white, smoky, &c. ; stem 2-3 in. long, about 2 

 lines thick, equal, tough, even, very glabrous, slimy, tawny, 

 hollow, frequently undulated, and having the apex darker ; 

 spores elliptical, smooth, 7 X 4-5 //,. 



Hygrophorus lactus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 18; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 299 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 938. 



Hygrophorus Houghtoni, B. and Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., no. 

 1360; Cke., Hdbk., p. 299 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 936. 



Among grass and moss. 



After examining the type specimens of H. Houghtoni, I 

 quite agree with Dr. Cooke in uniting it with the present 

 species. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) vitellinus. Fr. 



Pileus |-1 in. across, disc rather fleshy, remainder very 

 thin ; glabrous, viscid, deep lemon-yellow, whitish when 

 dry, margin plicato-striate ; gills deeply decurrent, rather 

 distant, deeper yellow than the pileus ; stem about 2 in. long, 

 scarcely line thick, even, glabrous, pale yellow, whitish when 

 dry, very fragile, hollow, usually flexuous ; spores elliptical, 

 6 x 4/x. 



Hygrophorus vitellinus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 312; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 300 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 904A. 



In fields, &c. 



Somewhat resembling H. ceraceus, but certainly different 

 in the bright lemon-yellow colour of every part becoming 

 almost white when dry, plicate margin of the pileus, and the 

 deeply decurrent gills. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) ceraceus. Wulf. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, fragile, flesh thin, convex then 

 more or less plane, obtuse, slightly viscid, pellucidly stria- 

 tulate, waxy yellow, shining; stem 1-2 in. long, about 2 

 lines thick, often unequal and flexuous, smooth, coloured like 

 the pileus, hollow ; gills slightly decurrent, almost triangular, 

 broad, distinct, yellow ; spores elliptical, 8 X 6 p.. 



Hygrophorus ceraceus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 300 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 904B. 



Agaricus ceraceus, Wulf., in Jacq. Coll., ii. t. 15, f. 2. 



In pastures. 



Fragile, readily distinguished from every other species by 

 the unchangeable, wax-yellow colour. (Fries.) 



