Hygrophorus. 75 



decur. thick, distant ; s. 3 5 cm. stuffed, even, glabrous, narrowed 

 downwards ; sp. 6 x 4. 



Edible. Variable in size, sometimes all white or grey, s. often 

 pale. 



Var. cinereus, Fr. P. and g. grey, s. whitish, slender. 



Var. pattidus, B. and Br. P. depr. or infundib., edge wavy, 

 entirely pale ochre. 



[bicolor, Karst. P. compact and thick, obconoid, convex, often 

 depr. whitish, even, glabrous, g. deeply decur. gilvous ; s. long, solid, 

 narrowed below, glabrous, whitish ; sp. 10 x 6. 



[suberosus, Jacobasch. P. convex, subdepr. subturbinate, not 

 umb. reddish yellow, g. decur. pallid ; s. pallid, equal, floccosely to- 

 mentose ; sp. 37 5'5. 



[Karstenii, Sacc. and Cub. P. fleshy, disc compact, convexo- 

 plane, glabrous, even, whitish ; g. deeply decur. distant, yellow ; s. 

 solid, narrowed below, wavy, whitish ; sp. 10 x 6. 



virgineus, Wulf. White. P. 3 7 cm. fleshy, exp. obtuse then 

 depr. becoming cracked and floccose when dry ; g. distant, thickish ; 

 s. 3 5 cm. stuffed, firm, short, narrowed downwards ; sp. 8 10 x 5. 

 Edible. 



Var. roseipes, Mass. Stem rosy downwards. 



niveus, Fr. White. P. 1'5 2'5 cm. tough, membranaceous, 

 convex, umbil. viscid ; g. thin, arcuate, distant ; s. 4 6 cm. slender, 

 equal ; sp. 7 8 x 4 5. 



Differs from H. virgineus in smaller size, thin p. and slender 

 equal s. 



russo-coriaceus, B. and Br. White, fragrant. P. 1'5 2 cm. 

 convex, disc fleshy, edge thin; g. thick, very distant; s. 1'5 2'5 cm. 

 solid, smooth, base narrowed; sp. 8x5. 



Differs from H. niveus in thick disc, and smell resembling Russian 

 leather. 



[helvella, Boud. P. hygr. glabrous, greyish ochre, obconic- 

 campan. edge sometimes wavy ; g. shortly decur. narrow, grey ; s. 

 whitish, equal, scurfy above, base thickened and downy. 



[glaucus, Karst. P. convexo-plane, umb. then depr. and some- 

 what wavy, moist, glabrous, shining, even, glaucous ; g. deeply decur. 

 rather branched, glaucous ; s. wavy, with white down tlien glabrous, 

 white ; sp. 68, glob. 



[clivalis, Fr. White, fragile. P. campan. exp. shining, edge at 

 first incurved then spreading, striate ; g. narrowed behind, nearly 

 free, ventricose, distant ; s. solid, short, fragile, narrowed below ; 

 sp. 67 x 4. 



ventricosus, B. and Br. White. P. 4 7 cm. convex, disc fleshy, 

 edge thin, sometimes irreg. ; g. deeply decur. narrow ; s. 4 7 cm. 

 ventricose, solid, smooth ; sp. 7 x 4. 



Known among white sp. by fleshy p. and stout, ventricose stem. 



