360 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



paler, umbo brownish; gills slightly decurrent, about 1J line 

 broad, rather distant, shining white ; stem 2-3 in. "long, 

 2-3 lines thick, equal, often slightly curved, viscid, whitish 

 but spotted and stained with brown from the veil, apex 

 smooth, solid ; spores elliptical, 78 x 4 /x. 



Hygrophorus olivaceo-albus, Fries, Epicr., p. 324 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 292 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 890. 



Woods and woodland pastures. 



Stem solid, about 3 in. long, 3 lines thick, equal or 

 attenuated at the base, fundamental colour-white, but 

 spotted with squamules from the adnate sheathing brown 

 veil, viscid ; the veil terminates in a ring near the apex, 

 above which the stem is smooth and shining white. Pileus 

 fleshy, at first cylindrico-globose, then expanded, umbonate, 

 becoming depressed round the umbo, altogether even, 

 glabrous, glutinous, 12 in. broad, olive-brown, becoming 

 pale, especially towards the margin, which is naked from the 

 first, and somewhat striate when old. Flesh thin, white, 

 gills decurrent, distant, broad, simple, connected by veins at 

 the base, always shining white. (Fries.) 



Hygrophorus (Lima.) hypothejus. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2.V in. across, convex then depressed, sometimes 

 almost infundibuliform, even, slightly virgate, greyish- 

 olive, at first covered with olive mucus, paler and yellowish- 

 olive or brownish after the gluten has disappeared; flesh 

 thin, tinged yellowish; gills decurrent, about H line broad, 

 distant, distinct, whitish then with a yellow or yellow-pink 

 tinge ; stem 24 in. long, 35 lines thick, almost or quite 

 equal, viscid, paler than the pileus, stuffed then hollow, veil 

 evident at first in the form of an imperfect ring, but soon 

 disappearing; spores broadly elliptical, 8-10 X 45 p.. 



Hygrophorus hypotJiejus, Fries, Epicr., p. 324; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 292 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 891. 



In pine woods, among heather, &c. 



Distinguished by the glutinous pileus and stem and the 

 yellowish- olive colour. Usually appears late in the season. 

 H. olivaceo-albus differs in the persistent shining-white 

 gills. 



