HYGROrHORUS. 357 



In woods. 



A very fine large species; known among the reddish, 

 viscid species by the ventricose stem and rugosely punctate 

 disc of the pileus. 



*** Tawny or yellow. 



Hygrophorus (Lima.) arbustivus. Fr. 



Fileus 1-2 in. across, flesh rather thick, convex then 

 almost plane, obtuse or more or less umbonate, viscid, 

 streaked with fine raised lines, pale tawny ; gills adnato 

 with a slight suggestion of becoming decurrent, rather 

 distant, thick, 1| line broad, firm, white; stem H-3 in. 

 long, 3-4 lines thick, equal, naked, elastic, pallid, the apex 

 with free, white, powdery granules, solid ; spores elliptical, 

 10 X 6 /x. 



Hijgropliorus arbustivus, Fries, Epicr., p. 323 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 291 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 896A. 



In woods under birch, &c. 



Differs from all allies in the free (not innate) white 



franules at the apex of the stem. Stem solid, H in. long, 

 in. thick, equal, incurved, glabrous, white becoming pallid, 

 polished and more rigid outside, as in Hygrophorus pratensis, 

 rather spongy inside, hence elastic. Pileus fleshy, convexo- 

 ]>lane, obtuse, 2 in. broad, rather wavy, viscid, virgate with 

 innate fibrils but entirely glabrous, even, opaque tawny- 

 brick-red, becoming paler towards the margin. Gills adnate, 

 .scarcely decurrent, distant, distinct, thick, white. Smell and 

 taste not unpleasant. (Fries.) 



Hygrophorus (Lima.) aureus. Arrh. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, very fleshy at the disc, margin 

 very thin ; convex, then almost plane, obtuse, even, glutinous, 

 clear shining golden-yellow ; gills slightly decurrent, distant, 

 thin, whitish; stem about 2 in. long and 3 lines thick, 

 nearly or quite equal, glabrous, whitish upwards, reddish- 

 tawny and with an imperfect ring from the glutinous veil, 

 stuffed; spores elliptical, 8 x 4 /x. 



Hygroplwrous aureus, Arrhen., in Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 127; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 291 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 896s. 



In woods. 



