Hygrophorus. 77 



III. HYGROCYBE. Veil absent. Entire fungus thin, 

 watery, fragile. P. viscid when moist, shining when 

 dry, rarely floccose. Often bright coloured. 



* Gills decurrent or adnate with decur. tooth. 



Colemannianus, Blox. P. 3 5 cm. campan. then exp. and 

 strongly umb. pale umber paler except disc when dry ; g. deeply 

 decur. connected by veins, pale brown ; s. 2 3 cm. white, silky up- 

 wards; sp. 7x4. 



foetens, Phill. Very foetid. P. 2 3 cm. exp. umber ; g. grey ; 

 s. 2 3 cm. olive yellow, squamulose ; sp. subgl. 4 5. 



sciophanus, Fr. P. 2 3 cm. exp. slightly viscid, opaque, pale 

 brick red, or tawny, striate ; g. decur. connected by veins, tinged red ; 

 s. 3 6 cm. hollow, subflexuous, smooth ; sp. - . 



[sulcatus, Karst. P. campan. exp. viscid, sulcate except disc, 

 deep tawny ; s. hollow, equal, glabrous, viscid, yellowish ; g. decur. 

 yellowish. 



laetus, Fr. ( = H. Houghtoni, B.). P. 2 3 cm. thin, convexo- 

 plane, viscid, tawny ; g. thin, distant, paler than p. decur. ; s. 5 7 cm. 

 tough, equal, viscid, colour of p. ; sp. 7 x 4 5. 



Differs from H. sciophanus in viscid stem. 



vitellinus, Fr. Every part clear lemon yellow, paler when dry. 

 P. 1'5 2 '5 cm. viscid, edge plicato-striate ; g. decur. rather distant; 

 s. 3 5 cm. hollow, fragile ; sp. 6 x 4. 



ceraceus, Wulf. P. 2 3 cm. fragile, thin, exp. viscid, shining, 

 wax-yellow; g. adnate, subdecur. distant, broad, almost triangular, 

 yellow ; s. hollow, 34 cm. hollow, colour of p. often flexuous ; 

 sp. 8x6. 



Differs from H. vitellinus in broad gills and wax-yellow s. and p. 



coccineus, Schaeff. P. 2'5 3 cm. fragile, thin, convexo-plane, 

 obtuse, viscid, glabrous, scarlet then pale ; g. adnate with decur. 

 tooth, connected by veins, reddish or yellowish ; s. 3 5 cm. hollow, 

 compr. yellowish, crimson above ; sp. 10 12 x 6. (6 8 x 4 5.) 



Differs from H. puniceus in adnate g. and yellow base of s., from 

 H. miniatus in glabrous p. and yellow base of s. 



miniatus, Fr. P. 1 2 cm. fragile, thin, convex then umbil. 

 scarlet then pale, opaque and squamulose ; g. adnate, distant, yellow 

 and red ; s. 3 5 cm. terete, polished, scarlet ; sp. 10x6. 



turundus, Fr. P. 1 2 cm. thin, convex then umbil. very brittle, 

 covered with greyish-brown down then squamulose ; g. decur. distant, 

 white then yellowish ; s. 2 3 cm. tawny, polished ; sp. . 



P. soon broken up into smoky squamules, but golden and viscid at 

 first. 



Var. mollis, B. and Br. P. golden with fibrils of same colour ; 

 s. yellow ; g. shortly decur. 



Var. lepidus, Boud. Brilliant golden orange ; p. convex, squamu- 



