CLASSIFICATION 277 



stem 2-3 in. long, fibrillosely striate, shining, somewhat bulbous, 

 apex with white meal. 



Smell strong, but not like radishes. 



On the ground in woods. 



H. trimcatum. — Cap 2-3 in. across, wavy and very irregular, 

 rufous ; gills crowded, rusty, edge entire ; stem only about i in 

 long, stout, white. 



vStem not truly tibrillose nor squamulose, in which it differs from 

 all other species. 



In woods. 



H. nudipes. — Cap 2-3 in. across, tan-colour ; gills crowded, tan- 

 colour ; stem about 2| in. long, entirely fibrillose, white, smooth 

 and quite naked above. 



In woods. 



H. natiseosmn. — Cap i-ij in. across, viscid, ochrey white ; gills 

 tan-colour, then rusty ; stem ii-2 in. long, whitish, mealy above, 

 solid. 



Odour very strong and abominable. Differs from H. crustulini- 

 forme in the smooth stem. 



On the ground in mixed woods. 



H. capnocephalum. — Cap 1-2 in. across, dingy yellowish, edge be- 

 coming blackish ; gills broad, rusty ; stem i|-2 in. long, fibrillosely 

 striate with reddish fibrils, becoming pale. 



On the ground. 



H. ischnostylum. — Cap 1-2 in. across, broadly umbonate, white 

 or a little pallid at the disc ; gills dingy tan, edge slightly serrate ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, smooth, naked, whitish. 



Differs from H. nudipes in the white cap. 



** Stem not white. 



H. musivum. — Cap 2-5 in. across, viscid, becoming squamulose, 

 often wavy, yellow, or disc darker, flesh thick, yellow ; gills 

 pale yellow, then rusty ; stem 4-5 in. long, fibrillose, pale yellow, 

 apex mealy. 



Suggests Flammula or Cortinarius, differing in emarginate, 

 polished (not powdery) gills and mealy apex of stem. 



In pine woods. 



H. magnimamma. — Cap up to i in. across, umbo large, brick-red, 

 then pale ; gills pallid, then rusty ; stem smooth, pallid yellowish. 



Among grass. 



H. petiginosum. — Cap about | in. across, the gibbous disc brown, 

 remainder yellowish, silkily hoary ; gills yellow, then olive-bay ; stem 

 about i| in. long, sometimes wavy, with a reddish tinge, powdery. 



On the ground in beech woods. 



H. strophosimi. — Cap soon plane, viscid, bay, edge white and 

 silky, about i in. across ; gills adnexed, crowded, flesh-colour, then 



