332 BRITISH FUNGI 



gills white, then rosy, finally purple-brown, dry ; stem white 

 above, pale yellowish below. 



Smell strong, disagreeable. 



On the ground in -woods, under larches, etc. 



H. vdutinmn. — Cap 2-4 in. across, campanulate, then expanded, 

 obtusely umbonate, downy with adpressed fibrils, then almost 

 smooth, dingy ochre ; gills brown spotted with black ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, silky-fibrous, coloured like the cap. 



Not tufted or only slightly so. Gills with drops of water. 



On the ground. Sometimes quite large. 



var leiocephaliini. — Smaller than the type form, densely tufted, 

 cap WTinkled. 



H. pyrotyichum. — Cap 2-4 in. across, conical, then hemispherical, 

 covereci with orange-tawny squamules ; gills pallid, then brownish ; 

 stem 3-4 in. long, fibrillose or with spreading squamules, becoming 

 tawny. 



Tufted. \'ery showy, cap often bright tawny orange, veil 

 fringing the incurved edge ; stem fibrous, often with spreading 

 squamules. 



var. egregius. — Cap with orange-red squamules, stem with 

 spreading whitish scales up to the ring. 



**** Cap covered with superficial fioccose scales ivhich eventually 

 disappear. 



H. cascum. — Cap up to 2 J in. across, o\al, then expanded, almost 

 smooth, wrinkled, dingy greyish ochre, then pale ; gills greyish, 

 then blackish ; stem 3-4 in. long, fibrillose, white. 



Among grass. Gregarious, but not tufted. 



H. punctulatum. — Tufted. Cap about i in. across, pallid with a 

 yellowish or brownish tinge, minutely squamulose ; gills pallid, then 

 pale umber ; stem 1-2 in. long, rather swollen at the base, fibrillosely 

 squamulose up to the ring. 



On rotten twigs and chips. Densely tufted. 



***** Cap smooth, hvgrophanous, jragmciiis oj the veil ojteii 

 j ringing the edge. 



H. lanaripes. — Cap up to 2\ in. across, campanulate, then ex- 

 panded, edge upturned and centre conical, pallid or dingy buff, 

 minutely squamulose, veil in fragments at the edge ; gills whitish, 

 then purple-brown ; stem 2-3 in. long, white, fibrillose. 



On soil in conservatories. 



H. candollcanum. — Cap up to 3 in. across, con\'ex, then expanded, 

 obtuse, smooth, bay when moist, almost white with ochraceous 

 disc when dry, veil hanging in shreds from the edge ; gills pale 

 violet, then brown ; stem z-t, in. long, fibrillose, white. 



Colour of cap changes from deep bay when moist to almost 

 white when dry. 



On stumps and on the ground. Tufted. 



