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marg. striate. St. hollow, equal, smooth, very viscid, colour 

 as P., but with a pale yellowish tinge. G. adnate with a tooth, 

 subdistant, somewhat thick, veined, white, grey, or tan. 

 Woods, fir, grassy places. Oct. -Nov. 2 x 2 x in. 



SUBGENUS 3. HYGROCYBE. 

 (From the moist pileus ; Gr. hugros, moist, kube^ a head.) 



1225. H. Colemannianus Blox. ex Berk, (after W. H. Coleman) a b c. 

 P. convexo-expanded, umbonate, dark reddish-umber; marg. 



striate, paler. St. solid, nearly equal, somewhat silky, salmon- 

 whitish, shaded pale brownish. G. distant, veined, paler than 

 P. to whitish. 

 Grassy places, lawns. Oct.-Nov. ij x if X J in. 



1226. H. seiophanus Fr. (from its delicacy as compared with 1210 ; 



Gr. skia, a shadow, phaino, to appear) a. 



P. hemispherical, expanded, obtuse, deep tawny, brown, red or 

 vermilion to white; marg. striate, paler. St. equal, smooth, 

 tawny-yellowish to white. G. adnate to plano-decurrent, 

 ventricose, distant, colour as P., or inclining to rose or yellow. 



Densely gregarious. Grassy and mossy places. Autumn. i x i X \ in. 



1227. H. Isetus Fr. (from the bright colour ; Icetus, pleasing) a b c. 



P. convex, flat, slightly depressed, slippery-smooth, deep yellow, 

 tawny, vermilion-orange or salmon ; marg. striate. St. fistulose, 

 equal, slippery-smooth, tawny or yellow. G. plano-decurrent, 

 distant, thin, veined, flesh-colour, whitish, fuliginous or shaded 

 brownish. Flesh in P., yellow and orange, in St., tan-yellow. 



In troops. Pastures, downs ; frequent. Oct.-Nov. I \ x 2% X & in. 



1228. H. Houghtonii B. & Br. (after the Rev. Wm. Houghton) a b c. 

 P. convex, flat, umbilicate, glutinous, rugose to mid., flesh-colour 



with sienna marg., pale vermilion shaded darker or wholly 

 cinnabar, sometimes very pale. St. fistulose, equal, very 

 glutinous, pale salmon above, pale or dark yellow below, 

 sometimes wholly cinnamon. G. plano-decurrent, thick, pale 

 yellowish or salmon. Flesh in P. flesh-colour or orange, in St. 

 salmon above, tan below. 

 Tasteless ; odour strong, foxy. Amongst grass. Oct. if X 2| X \ in. 



1229. H. vitellinus Fr. (from the egg-yellow colour, within and 



without ; vitellus, yolk of egg) a b. 



P. convexo-expanded, smooth, varying lemon-yellow with a sug- 

 gestion of olive, becoming white ; marg. plicato-striate. St. equal, 

 even, smooth, becoming white. G. decurrent, subdistant. 



Woods, pastures. Oct.-Dec. I X 2j X in. 



1230. H. eeraeeus Fr. (from the colour, like yellow wax ; cera, wax) a be. 

 P. convexo-plane ; marg. striate, not becoming white ; mid. some- 

 times vermilion. St. equal to unequal, even, smooth. G. 

 adnato-decurrent. 



In troops. Woods, pastures ; common. Sept.-Dec. if X & X J in. 



