74 Hygrophorus. 



[tephroleucus, Fr. P. exp. then depr. round the brown umbo, 

 viscid, grey, adpressedly squamuloso-fibrillose ; g. decur. white; s. 

 solid, with black fibrils above. 



[hyporrhodius, Otth. P. convex then depr. greyish brown, disc 

 squamulose ; g. slightly decur. both ends acute, rosy white, connected 

 by veins ; s. equal, white, granulosely squamulose. 



[albidus, Karst. P. convexo-plane, urnb. cuticle longitudinally 

 interwoven, rugosely papillate near edge, even, whitish, viscid ; g. 

 adnato-decur. distant, shining white; s. equal, flocculose, white; sp. 

 810 x 6. 



mesotephrus, B. P. 2 3 cm. hemispher. hygr. viscid, striate, 

 whitish with brown disc; g. decur. white, s. 3 5 cm. slender, 

 flexuous, white, viscid, apex granular; sp. 9 10 x 5. 



livido-albus, Fr. P. 3 6 cm. even, glabrous, viscid, exp. obtuse, 

 thin, everywhere livid; g. decur. white; s. slender, even, almost 

 smooth; sp. 10x6. 



Differs from H. eburneus in livid p. and glabrous s. 



calophyllus, Karst. P. conico-convex, exp. obsoletely umb. viscid, 

 even, glabrous, sooty-fuscous ; g. decur. distant, joined by veins, rosy 

 or at length whitish; s. thicker below, wavy, pallid then sooty, 

 glabrous, even, dry; sp. 6 8x4 5. 



II. CAMAROPHYLLUS. Veil absent. Stem not punctate 

 or scabrid. Pileus firm, moist in wet weather but not 

 viscid. Gills distant, arcuate. 



* Gills deeply and at length obconically decurreut. 



caprinus, Scop. P. 7 12 cm. fleshy, fragile, exp. umb. rather 

 wavy, sooty, fibrillose; g. very broad, thick, very distant, white then 

 glaucous ; s. 5 7 cm. solid, sooty fibrillose ; sp. 10 x 7 8. 



leporinus, Fr. P. 4 5 cm. convex, gibbous, reddish-yellow, 

 fibril loso-floccose, opaque; g. decur. gilvous; s. 4 5cm. fibrillose, 

 pallid ; sp. subgl. 5 6. 



Differs from H. pratensis in floccose p. 



[alutaceorubens, Otth. P. convex then flat, yellowish red, disc 

 darker ; g. scarcely decur. reddish-yellow ; s. cylind. rather twisted, 

 apex reddish and mealy, whitish below. 



[velutinus, Borsz. P. exp. gibbous then subdepr. even when 

 moist, floccosely squamulose when dry, tawny yellow ; g. deeply decur. 

 thick, orange ; s. fibrillosely squamulose, darker ; sp. 8 x 4. 



nemoreus, Fr. P. 36 cm. equally fleshy, exp. almost glabrous, 

 tawny orange ; g. thick, distant, colour of p.; s. squamulose, fibroso- 

 striate, base nan-owed, pale ; sp. 6 7 x 5. 



Differs from H. pratensis in squamulose, pale s., and from H. 

 leporinus in glabrous p. 



pratensis, Fr. Every part tawny-yellow or buff. P. 2 7 cm. 

 disc very fleshy, gibbous, margin thin, altogether obconic ; g. deeply 



