330 BRITISH FUNGI 



var. schaefferi. — Cap yellow, conical, then depressed, wrinkled ; 

 gills decurrent. 



var. squamosHS. — Cap bright brick-red, shading into yellow at the 

 edge, spotted with superficial scales. 



H. capnoides. — Cap i-ii in. across, plane and subumbonate or 

 depressed, smooth, yellowish or tinged tawny ; gills sooty grey, 

 then purplish ; stem 2-4 in. long, silky, pallid. 



Distinguished by the very smooth yellowish cap and the absence 

 of yellow or olive-green in the gills. Stem brownish under the super- 

 ficial white silkiness. 



In pine woods, on trunks, and on the ground. 



H. epixantkus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, becoming almost flat, pale 

 yellow, disc darker ; gills pale yellow, becoming clouded with grey ; 

 stem 3-5 in. long, whitish, base brownish. 



Known by the clear yellow gills ; smell strong. 



On old fir stumps, etc. Tufted. 



H. fasciculare (PI. XXVI, fig. 11).— Tufted. Very bitter. 

 Cap 1-2 in. across, expanded and subumbonate, tawny, edge 

 yellow ; gills yellow, then greenish, somewhat deliquescent ; stem 

 3-4 in. long, curved or wavy, fibrillose, yellow. 



One of the commonest of toadstools, occurring in dense clusters 

 at the base of old trees, decaying stumps, posts, etc. 



H. elcBodes. — Cap up to i| in. across, soon almost plane and sub- 

 umbonate, smooth, brick-red ; gills green, then pure olive ; stem 

 2-4 in. long, wavy, fibrillose, more or less rusty. 



Differs from H. fasciculare in brick-red cap, rusty stem, and olive 

 gills. Smell sour. 



On trunks and on the ground. Tufted. 



*\ H. instratum. — Cap up to li in. across, convex, broadly um- 

 bonate, dark brown, wrinkled ; gills brown, then purple-brown, 

 edge paler ; stem 2-3 in. long, white, fibrillose or squamulose below. 



Known by the dark brown, radiately wrinkled cap. 



On stumps. 



H. dispersum. — Cap up to. i in. across, campanulate, then ex- 

 panded, tawny, honey-colour at the edge ; gills straw-colour 

 clouded with clull green ; stem 2-4 in. long, silky-fibrillose, tough, 

 pale. 



On trunks and on the ground. Scattered. 



** Cap viscid, smooth. 



H. incomptum. — Cap 3-4 in. across, campanulate, then expanded 

 and broadly gibbous, viscid, deep bay-brown, orange-tawny when 

 dry ; gills pallid, then deep olive, finally clouded with purple ; 

 stem about 3 in. long, pale above, dark rusty below, with spreading, 

 rusty squamules and yellow down. 



