Hygrophonis AGARIC ACE/E 259 



1200. H. olivaeeoalbus Fr. (from the olivaceous pileus and white 



gills) a b c. 



P. conical, convex, subumbonate, even, smooth. St. solid, 

 attenuate below, white above, spotted with milky drops, 

 spotted squamulose below with fuscous V., and more or less 

 annulate. G. adnato-decurrent, distant, veined, white or 

 sulphur-greenish-white. 



Taste insipid ; odour none. Woods, woodland pastures, chiefly under pine, 

 oak. Aug.-Nov. 3! X 4^ X in. 



1201. H. hypothejus Fr. (from the sulphur-colour under the gluten ; 



Gr. hupo, under, theion, sulphur) a b c. 



P. convex, flat, depressed, gluten leaf-green or olivaceous, umber 

 or deep madder-brown. St. stuffed to hollow, equal or slightly 

 attenuate downwards, at first yellow-greenish, then yellow, 

 sometimes flesh-colour, fugaciously subannulate. G. decurrent, 

 distant, white to yellow, sometimes flesh-colour. Flesh pale 

 sulphur-yellow. 



Woods, pine, larch, amongst heather, etc. ; frequent. Sept.-Dec. 3 X 3 X $ in. 

 Must not be confused with 1194. 



1202. H. ceraeinus Berk, (from its odour, like cherry-laurel ; Prunus 



Laurocerasus) a b c. 



P. convexo-expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, umber to grey ; 

 marg. minutely tomentose. St. solid, equal or attenuate 

 downwards, white. G. adnato-decurrent, very distant, branched, 

 white. 



Somewhat gregarious. Woods, fir. Sept.-Oct. 2$ X 2f X f in. 



1203. H. fuscoalbus Fr. (from the brown pileus and white gills) a b. 

 P. convexo-plane, obtuse, becoming cinereous; marg. white- 



floccose. St. solid, equal, white above, tan below, sometimes 

 floccoso-annulate. G. decurrent, somewhat thick. 

 Woods, mixed, amongst moss. Sept. if X 2\ X J in. 



1204. H. ag-athosmus Fr. (from the pleasant odour; Gr. agathos, 



good, osme, scent) a b c. 

 P. convexo-plane, gibbous, livid grey or dull pale yellowish-olive ; 



mid. usually darker. St. solid to hollow, equal, somewhat 



fibrilloso-striate, white above, as P. below. G. decurrent, 



distant, white. 

 Odour sweet of anise, or of fruit with spirit. Woods, fir. Sept.-Nov. 



3i X 2fc X f in. 



1205. H. mesotephrus B. & Br. (from the brown-grey middle of the 



pileus ; Gr. mesos, middle, tephros, ash-coloured) a b c. 



P. hemispherical to flat, white; mid. pale sienna or buff; marg. 

 striate. St. stuffed, attenuate downwards, white, faint sienna 

 or buff below. G. decurrent, subdistant, white. 



Woods, damp places ; rare. Oct. if X 2& X J in. 



