174 BRITISH FUNCI 



often with a yellow tinge, 2-3 in. long. Smell ^•ery strong, resem- 

 bling that of the lar\-a of the goat-moth. 



Differs from H. ebufiicuiii in tlie yellowish cap and strong smell. 



Among grass in woods. 



H. pulverideiitus^ — Cap convex, sometimes becoming slightly 

 depressed, viscid, white, edge slightly incurved, downy, about 

 l in. across ; gills dccurrent, thick, edge rather thick, whitish ; 

 stem slightly curxed, white and jiowdercd with rosN' nu'al, about z in. 

 long. 



Known by its small size and rose-i^owdcred stem. 



Among pine leaves, etc. 



H. penarins. — Cap fleslw, especially when young, at hrst um- 

 bonate, then very obtuse and expanded, smooth, oi)a(]ue tan-colour, 

 2-3 in. across ; gills very slightly decurrent, distant, thick, veined, 

 pallid tan ; stem ventricose or narrowed below, and ending in a long 

 fusiform root, pallid white, glutinous, the gluten soon drying and 

 forming a rough surface, 1^-2 in. long. 



In mixed woods. 



** Cap reddish. 



H. enibescens. — Cap fleshy, gibbous, then convexo-plane, ad- 

 pressedly squamulose, then almost smooth, fundamental colour 

 white, but becoming reddish all over, often rose or blood-red, 2-5 in. 

 across ; the white flesh also becomes red ; gills decurrent, distant, 

 white, variegated with red spots ; stem stout, w^xx. with red fibrils 

 and points at the apex, 2-4 in. long. 



Under pines, etc., often forming large fair\' rings. 



H. pudorinus. — Cap fleshy, convex, then expanded, smooth, 

 viscid, vermilion or flesh-colour on a yellow ground, 2-4 in. across ; 

 gills adnate, then decurrent, distant, white, not spotted ; stem 

 smooth, whitish, constricted at the apex, rough with white points, 

 solid, 2-3 in. long. 



Colour approaching that of H. cnthcsccns, l)ut clearer. Cap some- 

 times spotted yellow, or this colour may be entiri'ly absent. 



In fir woods. 



H. glutinifer. — Cap convex, then expanded, broadly gibbous, or 

 sometimes depressed, disc wrinkled, rufescent, whitish towards the 

 edge, with a thick coating of gluten, 2-4 in. across ; gills slightly 

 decurrent, rather thick, white ; stem slightly swollen below the 

 middle, rather elastic, coloured like the cap, or paler upwards, 

 and with white squamules, 3-4 in. long. 



Known by the ventricose stem and wrinkled disc of the cap. 



In woods. 



*** Cap tawny or yellow. 



H. arhiisiinus. — Cap convex, then almost plane, viscid, streaked 

 with fine raised lines, pale tawny, 1-2 in. across ; gills adnate, 



