CLASSIFICATION 167 



H. turundus. — Cap convex, then expanded and depressed or um- 

 liilicate, covered with greyish brown down, then squamulose, edge 

 incurved, crenulate, |-§ in. across ; gills decurrent, white, then 

 yellowish ; stem slender, rigid, equal, shining, tawny, about i\ in. 

 long. 



Very fragile. Cap golden and viscid at first, soon broken up into 

 downy floccose fibrils. 



On the ground among moss, etc. 



var. mollis. — Cap golden yellow with short, spreading filirils 

 of the same colour ; stem yellow with a red tinge, base white. 



On naked soil. 



H. mucronellus. — Cap conical, then campanulate, acutely um- 

 bonate, edge sometimes upturned, smooth, bright red, becoming 

 pale, |-| in. across ; gihs decurrent, triangular, thick, yellow ; stem 

 coloured like the cap, base white, about i| in. long. 



Known by the acutely umbonate cap and decurrent, triangular 

 gills. Stem usually curved. 



Among grass. 



H. micaceus. — Cap |-| in. across, hemispherical, then expanded 

 and slightly depressed, at first yellow, then grey with a tinge of green, 

 wrinkled and sprinkled with glistening particles ; gills decurrent, 

 narrow, pale umber ; stem yellow, then brown below, granulated, 

 solid, |-i in. long. 



On clay soil. Rare. 



H. ivynnice. — Cap convex, umbilicate or somewhat infundi- 

 buliform, striate, hygrophanous, lemon-yellow, ^-i in. across ; gills 

 decurrent, narrow, thin, yellowish, then with a green tinge ; stem 

 smooth, coloured like the cap, about i line long. 



Lemon-yellow, changing to a greenish tint as it dries. 



On chips, among twigs, etc. 



** Gills adnexed, separating from the stem and becoming free. 



H. puniceiis (PL XV, fig. 9). — Cap at first campanulate, obtuse, 

 usually wavy and lobed, usually irregular, even, smooth, viscid, 

 deep crimson or blood-red, becoming pale, 2-4 in. across ; gills 

 broad, thick, distant, yellowish white or pale yellow, often tinged 

 red at the base, almost free ; stem stout, usually widest at the 

 middle, apex generally squamulose, yellowish or coloured like the 

 cap, base always white, about 3 in. long. 



The largest species of the genus. Very showy. Differs from 

 H. coccineus in slightly adnexed gills and striate stem with a 

 white base. 



In mossy pastures. 



H. ohrusseus (PI. XV, fig. 7). — Cap campanulate, then expanded, 

 wavy, often lobed at the edge, dry, smooth, golden sulphur-colour, 

 2-3 in. across ; gills adnexed, then separating from the stem, very 



