494 HYMENOGASTRACE-ffi Hymenogaster 



touched. Gl. whitish, passing through buff to rufous olive. 

 Trama white. 



Odour spicy. Woods. May-Nov. Diam. l in. A form between this 

 and 2117 has been named var. modestus B. & Br. This is H. populetomm 

 B. & Br. non Tul. 



2119. H. tener Berk, (from the tender substance ; tener, tender) a b c. 

 Globose, irregular, more or less indented, silky or obscurely scaly, 



soft, tender. Pe. thin, dull white. Gl. with a conspicuous 

 sterile base, pale rose, then greyish-brown. 



Odour strong, pungent, like the odour of acrid Lactarii, in decay like sewer- 

 gas. Woods, under oak-leaves. Sept. -Jan. Diam. i in. This is H. 

 lilacinus B. & Br. non Vitt. 



2120. H. Thwaitesii B. & Br. (after George Henry Kendrick 



Thwaites) a c. 

 Irregularly ovate or elongate to globose, firm. Pe. dull white, 



here and there discoloured. GL brown. 

 Sept.-Oct. Diam. & in. 



2121. H. griseus Vitt. (from the grey gleba ; griseus, grey) a. 

 Globose, somewhat irregular or depressed. Pe. brown, at first 



covered with evanescent whitish down. Gl. with minute grey 

 cells which become mottled-blackish. 

 Odour sweet of lily-of-the- valley. In leaf soil. Diam. \ in. 



2122. H. pusillus B. & Br. (from the small size ; pusittus, small) a b. 

 Obovate or subdepressed, white. Gl. with a comparatively large 



sterile base, cells comparatively large, dull white. 

 Almost scentless. Mossy ground. Oct. Diam. in. Yellowish-brown 

 when dry and then closely resembling Sclerotium complanatum. 



RECENT ADDITIONS 



52a. Lepiota serena Gill, (serenus, clear, bright). White. 



P. campanulate, glabrous ; mid. sometimes slightly darkened. 



St. slender, subbulbous. A. deciduous. 

 Amongst grass. Carlisle, Miss Decima Graham, Sept. 1908. iJX2 X& in. 



121a. Trieholoma earneolum Karst. (from the colour, caro t flesh). 

 P. hemispherical to convexo-plane, pale flesh-colour. St. partly 

 stuffed, rigid, subpruinose. G. finally very broad, very crowded, 

 white. 

 Grassy places in woods. Yorkshire, Sept. 1908. i X ij X J in. 



154b. Clitoeybe obseurata Cooke in litt. (obscurus, obscure). 



P. plane, then infundibuliform, moist, greyish-umber, paler towards 

 marg. St. solid, smooth or slightly striate, slightly attenuate 



