276 BRITISH FUNGI 



H. versipelle. — Cap about 3 in. across, glutinous, reddish tan, 

 pale when dry ; gills tan-colour ; stem about 2 in. long, whitish 

 silky, tip mealy. 



Grassy places and among fir needles. Somewhat tufted. 



H. mesophcBuni. — Cap i-i| in. across, yellowish or pallid, disc 

 dark ; gills crowded, rusty tan ; stem 2-3 in. long, fibrillose, 

 whitish, then rusty, apex mealy. 



In pine woods. Gregarious, 



H. suhcollariatum. — Cap about i in. across, glutinous, pale 

 ochraceous tan, centre darker ; gills pale tan, edge whitish ; stem 

 about 2 in. long, often wavy, pale, pulverulent, base brownish. 



On naked soil. 



H. sinapizans. — Cap 3-6 in. across, soon plane, wavy, smooth, 

 tan-colour ; gills deeply emarginate, crowded, broad, cinnamon- 

 tan ; stem 3-5 in. long, white, fibrillose, apex squamulose. 



Our largest species, suggesting H. sinuosum, but differing in the 

 strong smell of radishes. 



In woods. 



H. crustuliniforme. — Cap 2^-3 in. across, soon plane, umbo 

 broad, pallid tan-colour, disc darker ; gills crowded, narrow, tan- 

 colour, then bay ; stem about 2 in. long, somewhat bullions, white, 

 smooth, apex with minute scales. 



Smell unpleasant, resembling radishes. 



In woods, meadows, etc. 



H. elatum. — Cap 3-4 in. across, pale tan-colour ; gills pale 

 cinnamon ; stem about 4 in. long, cylindrical, pallid white, apex 

 mealy. 



Smell very strong, hke radishes. 



In pine woods, among fallen leaves. 



H. suhsaponaceum. — Cap soon convexo-plane, orbicular, even, 

 naked, dry, pallid yellowish red, deeper when dry, about i-ii in. 

 across ; gills adnate, breaking away from the stem, crowded, dry, 

 becoming pale rusty ; stem elongated, equal, generally slightly 

 wavy, fibrillose, apex slightly mealy, pallid, base darker, i-ij in. 

 long. 



Smell strong, soapy. Allied to H. elatum, but differing in the 

 soapy smeU, smaller size, and in the stem not being twisted. 



Among pine leaves. Gregarious. 



H. longicaudum. — Cap i|-2| in. across, umbonate, becoming 

 wavy, viscid, tan-colour, disc darker ; gills pale cinnamon, edge 

 serrulate ; stem 4-5 in. long, white, apex mealy. 



In woods. Smell weak, not unpleasant. 



H. lugens. — Cap 2-3 in. across, fleshy, convex, then almost plane, 

 smooth, slightly viscid, brown, then yellowish ; gills almost free, 

 fragile, crowded, paUid, then ferruginous, edge darker, crenulate ; 



