ILYGROPHORUS. 339 



The tawny colour at base of stem not always evident in 

 British specimens. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) intermedius. Pass. 



Pileus up to 2 in. across, flesh very thin everywhere, 

 campanula te then expanded, obtuse, or sometimes with an 

 indication of an unibo, almost dry, margin often wavy, golden- 

 yellow then becoming greyish; gills adnate, ventricose, 

 narrowed in front, 2 lines broad at the widest part, distant, 

 whitish then yellow; stem 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, 

 equal, fibrillosely striate, yellow, hollow ; spores elliptical, 

 8-9 X 6 /*. 



Hygrophorus intermedius, Passerini, Parm. ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 302 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 907. 



Among grass. 



Eemarkable for possessing the smell of meal. Eesembling 

 H. obrusseus in size and general appearance, but distinguished 

 by the pileus becoming grey, and the mealy smell. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) conicus. Fr. 



Pileus 12 in. high and across when expanded, fragile, 

 flesh very thin, acutely conical, margin usually more or less 

 lobed, at length cracking and turning up, glabrous, viscid 

 when moist, shining when dry, yellow or sometimes more or 

 less tinged with crimson ; gills narrow behind and almost 

 free, ventricose, rather crowded, thin, yellowish ; stem 3-4 

 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, cylindrical, fibrously striate, yellow, 

 hollow; spores elliptical, 10-11 x 6-8 p.. 



Hygrophorus conicus, Fries, Epicr., p. 331 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 :J02 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 908. 



In pastures. 



Every part usually turning black when bruised, or as the 

 plant becomes old. 



Pileus 1-2 in. high, acutely conic, variously waved and 

 lobed, fibrillose, viscid when moist or young, juicy, turning 

 black, as does the whole plant when broken or braised, 

 orange, yellow, scarlet, brown, dusky, &c., various colours 

 often blended together. Gills thick, fleshy, ventricose, 

 attenuated behind free or adnexed, yellowish with frequently 

 a cinereous tinge. Stem 3-4 in. long, 2-5 lines thick, often 

 splitting fibrilloso-striate, coloured like the pileus. Fries 



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