i64 BRITISH FUNGI 



Sub-gen VIS 11^ — Camarophyllus 

 Veil absent ; cap firm, opaque, not viscid, but moist in rainy 

 weather ; gills distant, arcuate ; stem even, smooth or only slightly 

 fibrillose. 



Sub-genus III — Limacium 

 Universal veil on the cap, viscid, partial veil floccose or downy, 

 often forming a trace of a ring on the stem or attached to the edge 

 of the cap ; stem squamulose or with wart-like squamules near the 

 apex ; gills adnato-decurrent. 



Sub-genus I — Hygrocybe 



* Gills decurrent or adnate. 



H. colemannianiis. — Cap rather fleshy, campanulate, then ex- 

 panded and strongly umbonate, reddish umber, paler except the 

 disc when dry, slightly striate and viscid when moist, up to 2 in. 

 across ; gills deeply decurrent, connected by veins, thickish, distant, 

 pale brownish ; stem nearly equal, often curved, rather silk}^ pale, 

 solid, i-i| in. long. 



The gills are sometimes umber, but paler than the cap. 



Among grass. 



H. fcetens. — Very foetid and nauseous. Cap convex, at length 

 expanded and sometimes shghtly depressed, dry, umber, becoming 

 more or less broken up and cracked, about i in. across ; gills de- 

 current, grey ; stem olive-yellow, fi])rously squamulose, i-i| in. 

 long. 



Known by its small size, umber cap and abominable smell. 



Among grass. 



H. sciophanus. — Cap fleshy at the disc, hemispherical or obtusely 

 campanulate, then expanded, always obtuse, rather viscid, deep 

 tawny or deep brick-red, opaque, very hygrophanous, pale when 

 dry, |-i| in. across ; gills adnate, narrowed behind, distant, 

 coloured like the cap, or sometimes with a tinge of rose-colour ; 

 stem thin, equal, wavy, smooth, shining, paler than the cap, i|-3 in. 

 long. 



A very beautiful fungus. Densely gregarious, fragile, deep tawny, 

 stem paler or whitish, never straight. 



Among grass and moss. 



H. IcBtus. — Cap convex, then expanded, obtuse, slimy, tawn}', 

 shining, not becoming pale, about i in. across ; gills somewhat 

 decurrent, distant, thin, slightly connected by veins, generally 

 flesh-colour, but varying to white, smoky, etc. ; stem equal, tough, 

 smooth, slimy, hollow, tawny, 2-3 in. long. 



Among grass, moss, etc. 



H. vitellimis. — Cap smooth, viscid, deep lemon-yellow, whitish 

 when dry, edge plicato-striate, \-i in. across ; gills deeply decurrent. 



