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In fir-woods. Not uncommon. The specimen figured was 

 gathered in Sir C. Anderson's plantations at Lea, near 

 Gainsborough. Pileus scarcely exceeding 2 inches, generally 

 smaller. 



7. HYGROPHORUS, Fr. 



Ilymenophorum continuous with the stem, and descending 

 Avithout change into the sharp-edged gills ; hymenium waxy. 



* Veil universal, viscid. 



1 . H. ehrysodon, Fr. ; white ; pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, 

 viscid ; margin involute, clothed with little yellow floccose 

 scales, as w ell as the stuffed, nearly equal stem ; gills rather 

 thin, distant, at length crisped. 



In woods. Not common. Pileus 2-3 inches broad ; gills 

 often edged with yellow glandular flocci. Extremely elegant. 



2. H. eburneus, Fr. ; white ; pileus fleshy, even, smooth, 

 glutinous, as well as the stuffed, then hollow, unequal stem, 

 which is dotted above with glandular scales; gills firm, dis- 

 tant, straight. (Plate 15, fig. 1.) 



In woods. Not uncommon. Turning a foxy-red in parts, 

 as it decays. Easily distinguished from H. virgineus, with 

 which it is often confounded by the glandular scales at the 

 top of the stem. 



3. H. cossus, Fr. ; strong-scented, white ; pileus fleshy, 

 even, smooth, viscid, assuming at length a yellowish tinge ; 

 stem stuffed, nearly equal, glandular above; gills thin, dis- 

 tant, straight.— ;So?z;. t. 121. 



In woods. Extremely like the last, but not turning red, 

 and always distinguished by its smell, which is like that of the 

 larva of the goat-moth. When bruised it is sometimes yellow, 



•k H. ccrasinus, B. ; pileus fleshy, convex, broadly umbo- 

 nate, pale umber, then grey, viscid ; uuirgin minutely tonicn- 



