CLASSIFICATION 233 



E. lividum. — Cap 3-4 in. across, soon plane, smooth, longi- 

 tudinally fibrillose, pale, livid tan ; gills almost free, pallid, then 

 flesh-colour ; stem about 3 in. long, smooth, apex mealy, shining white. 



In woods. Poisonous. 



var. roseiis. — Cap soon plane, whitish ochre, disc rosy, about 4 in. 

 across ; gills pale yellowish flesh-colour ; stem whitish, striate. 



On logs. 



E. prunuloides (PI. XX, fig. 2). — Cap 2-3 in. across, becoming 

 flattened and somewhat umbonate, viscid, yellowish or livid ; gills 

 almost free, crowded, white, then pale flesh-colour ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, slightly striate, smooth, white. 



The cap varies to white, yellowish or pale grey, often longi- 

 tudinally cracked. Resembling E. lividum, but much smaller. 

 Smeh very strong of new meal. 



Among moss and grass, etc. 



E. rcpandiim. — Cap i-i| in. across, umbonate, usually wavy, 

 edge incurved and often lobed, silky when dry, pale ochraceous 

 with darker streaks ; gills almost free, pale salmon-colour ; stem 

 i|-2 in. long, silky, white. 



Among grass. 



E. biilbigenum. — Cap f-i in. across, hemispherical, minutely 

 tomentosely scaly, shining white ; gills slightly adnexed, pinkish 

 salmon-colour ; stem 2^-3 in. long, somewhat bulbous at the base, 

 fibrillose, whitish. 



The bulb at the base of the stem is sometimes marginate or with 

 a distinct edge, at others it appears as a swelling at one side of the 

 base of the stem. 



On the ground. 



E. liquescens. — Cap i-2| in. across, broadly umbonate, wavy, 

 smooth, ochraceous, disc rufous ; gills free, white, then pale, dingy 

 lilac ; stem 2-3 in. long, white, sometimes a little wavy. 



On the ground under trees. 



E. mneides. — Cap 1-2 in. across, broadly campanulate, often 

 irregular, with whitish flocculent fibrils, then smooth and with a 

 silky sheen, edge often splitting, pallid reddish grey ; gills distant, 

 wrinkled, pale salmon-colour ; stem about i| in. long, whitish, 

 fibrillosely striate and flocculose above. 



Large specimens superficially resemble Hygrophorus ovimis. 

 Smell peculiar. 



In pastures. 



E. satmdersii. — Cap 2j-3i in. across, edge often lobed and up- 

 turned, white, brownish when old ; gills distant, salmon-colour ; 

 stem 4-5 in. long, smooth, white. 



Resembles E. majalis, which differs in the cinnamon cap, and 

 free, crowded, crenate gills. 



Growing on the ground in groups. 



