176 BRITISH FUNCJI 



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

 sooty, becoming yellowish with an olive tinge, 3-4 in. across ; 

 gills subdecurrent, distant, white ; stem solid, firm, thick, viscid, 

 rather scaly above, 3-5 in. long. 



Probably often confounded with H. Umacinus. 



In woods. 



W. G. Smith considers this species to be identical with H. clarkii. 

 I consider the two as distinct. 



H. Jiypothejus. — Cap convex, tlien depressed, sometimes almost 

 infimdibuliform, even, slightly wrinkled \\\i\\ streaks, greyish olive, 

 at first covered with olive mucus, paler and }-ellowish olive or 

 brownish after the mucus has disappeared, flesh thin, tinged 

 yellow, i-2| in. across ; gills decurrent, distant, white, then with 

 a yellow or yellowish pink tinge ; stem almost equal, viscid, paler 

 than the cap, veil at first evident in the form of an imperfect ring, 

 soon disappearing, 2-4 in. long. 



Known by the \^ellowish olive colour, and the glutinous cap and 

 stem. H. olivaceoalhus differs in the persistently shining white gills. 



H. cerasinus. — ^Smell strong, resembling crushed cherry-laurel. 

 Cap very thick at the disc, convex, broadly and obtusely um- 

 bonate, even, viscid, pale umber, then greyish, edge downy, about 

 i| in. across ; gills slightly decurrent, very distant, white with 

 a pink tinge ; stem generally slightly ventricose below the middle, 

 base rather abruptly narrowed, white, with minute, wart-like 

 squamules near the apex, 2-3 in. long. 



Its principal distinguishing features are the strong smell and 

 abruptly narrowed base of the stem. 



In fir plantations, etc. 



***** Cap dingy grey or livid. 



H. fuscoalbus. — Cap convex, then plane, even, smooth, viscid, 

 brownish, then grey, the edge paler, about 2 in. across ; gills slightly 

 decurrent, rather thick, snow-white ; stem equal, dry, whitish, with 

 white flocculent tufts at the apex, 2-3 in. long. 



In woods. 



H. agathosmus. — Cap fleshy, convex, then plane, gibbous, viscid, 

 livid -grey everywhere, covered with minute, viscid, pellucid, 

 whitish points, edge at first incurved and downy, soon spreading, 

 wavy and smooth, 1^3 in. across ; gills decurrent, distant, soft, 

 white ; stem solid, firm, becoming very soft and often hollow, 

 fibrillosely striate, not viscid, with white spot-like squamules above, 

 becoming greyish, rough, almost mealy, 2-3 in. long. 



Smell, especially when old, resembling aniseed. 



In pine woods, etc. 



H. mesotephnts. — Cap rather fleshy at the disc, somewhat hemi- 

 spherical, white with a brown disc, viscid, striate, i-ii in. across ; 

 gills decurrent, pure white, rather distant ; stem slender, wavy, 



