EDIBLE FUNGI. 



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Hygrophorus pratensis. 



" Pileus convexo-plaue, then turbinate, smooth, moist ; 

 disc compact, gibbous; margin thin; stem stuffed, even, 

 attenuated downwards; gills deeply decurrent, arcuate, 

 thick, distant." Grev. t. 91 ; Huss. II. 7. 40. 



(2) 



Fig. 38 (1). Hygrophorus pratensis. Pastures, in autumn ; colour, full 

 buff; diameter, 2 to 3 inches. 



Fig. 38 (2). Hygrophorus virgineus (Viscid White Mushroom). Pas- 

 tures, in autumn; snow-white; diameter, | inch to 1^ inches. 



" On downs and short pastures. Very common. Pileus 

 tawny or deep buff, sometimes nearly white, as in the 

 next. Probably esculent." Berkeley. 



