158 Hebeloma. 



hoary; g. dusky rust colour; s. 6 9 cm. thinner and whitish upwards, 

 scaly and darker below; sp. 10 x 6. 



glutinosum, Lindg. P. 4 7 cm. exp. glutinous, with white 

 superficial scales, yellowish white, discoid; g. crowded, yellowish 

 then cinnamon; s. 6 7 cm. subbulbous, whitish squamulose, apex 

 mealy; sp. 10 12x5. 



testaceum, Batsch. Smells like radishes. P. 3 5 cm. campan. - 

 couvex, even, rather viscid, brick-red then pale, rather opaque ; g. 

 nearly free, crowded, rusty ; s. 6 7 cm. hollow, subbulbous, floccosely 

 fibrillose, pallid, apex mealy; sp. 10 x 5 6. 



[rubrum, Otth. P. campan. then conico-exp. splitting into 

 shreds, clear red, yellowish when dry ; flesh reddish ; g. free ; s. equal, 

 fibrous, often slightly bulbous, colour of p. 



firmum, Pers. P. 47 cm. campan. exp. umb. viscid, brick-red, 

 discoid ; g. dry, edge white toothed ; s. 4 7 cm. solid, pallid, every- 

 where floccosely scaly; sp. 10 x 5. 



[mitratum, Fr. P. campan. -gibbous, viscid, often cracked, yellow- 

 ish brick-red, umbo prominent, stout, fuscous then pale, g crowded, 

 sinuato-adnate; s. solid or becoming hollow, equal, yellowish- white, 

 fibrous, dusky yellow from veil. 



claviceps, Fr. P. 25 cm. convex, exp. disc gibbous, even, 

 naked, pallid; g. dry, pallid; s. 4 7 cm. equal, everywhere white 

 mealy, fuscous downwards; sp. 10 11 x5. 



Differs from H. firmum in dark base of s. and paler g. 



[fusipes, Bres. Smell like spirit of wine. P. convex-gibbous, 

 edge broadly incurved, viscid, glabrous, tinged tan ; g. broad, edge 

 white-fimbriate; s. pallid, base fusiformly rooting; sp. 12 15 x 9 10. 



[birrum, Fr. P. exp. discoid, disc rugulose, pale tan, with super- 

 ficial white squamules near edge ; g. rounded then truncate and free; 

 s. solid, fusiformly rooting, rather woolly with white imbricated 

 squamules. 



punctatum, Fr. P. 2 5 cm. exp. silky then almost glabrous, 

 the darker disc punctate with viscid warts, tan, paler when dry; g. 

 narrow, crowded, pallid then rusty bay; s. 5 9 cm. hollow, equal, 

 apex white pruinose; sp. 71 1 x 5 6. 



versipelle, Fr. P. 5 7 cm. viscid with tough gluten, discoid, at 

 length wavy, crust-colour, adglutinated and silky at edge, then 

 glabrous ; g". crowded, broad, reddish white then tan ; s. 4 7 cm. 

 silky-white, apex pruinose ; sp. 12 long. 



[subtortum, Karst. P. convex then plane, obtuse, even, glabrous, 

 irreg. at first, silky near edge from veil, viscid, pale brick-red or 

 pallid, disc darker; g. adnato-subdecur. crowded, edge crenate; s. 

 hollow, usually twisted, whitish, apex mealy; sp. 7 9 x 4- 6. 



mesophaeum, Fr. P. 3 4 cm. conico-convex then plane, even, 

 viscid, almost naked, gilvous, disc bay ; g. emarginate, crowded, thin ; 

 s. 4 7 cm. tough, equal, slender, fibrillose, whitish then rusty, apex 

 pruinose; sp. 7 8x4 5. 



Disc of p. sometimes umber. 



