198 OUTLINES Ol' 15KITIS1I TUNGOLOGY. 



tose ; stem white, solid, attenuated below, puiictato-pquamii- 

 lose above ; gills broad, decurrent, Mliite, tinged with pink, 

 sometimes forked, very distant. 



In fir-plantations. Rare. Winkbourn, Notts. Smell like 

 that of laurel-leaves. Pileus 1^-2^ inches across, sometimes 

 depressed. This does not seem to be the same species with 

 H. agathosmus, Fr. 



5. H. aromaticus, B. ; very tender; pileus fleshy, smooth, 

 cinnamon, glutinous ; stem stuffed, then hollow, reticulated ; 

 gills pinkish, decurrent when young. — Soiv. t. 144. 



Not found since the time of Sowerb3^ Smell agreeable, 

 spicy. Turns black when bruised. 



6. H. mesotephrus, B. and Br. ; pileus convex, subhemi- 

 spherical, hygrophanous, white, with a brown disc, striate, 

 viscid, as well as the slender stuffed stem, which is floceoso- 

 granulated above ; gills decurrent, pure white. — Ann. of Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 2. vol. xiii. t. 15. /. 2. 



In woods. Rare. BoAvood, C. E. Broome. Pileus about 

 1 inch across. Allied to H.fusco-albiis. 



7. H. hypothejus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, clothed with thin 

 olive evanescent gluten, somewhat virgate; stem stufffed, 

 equal, viscid, somewhat spotted ; gills distant, yellow. — Sow. 

 t.8. 



In pine-woods, especially where the soil is sandy. Not un- 

 common. Pileus yellowish, often tinged with red. Flesh 

 yellow. Gills sometimes tinged Mith pink. 



8. H. olivaceo-albus, Fr. ; pilous fleshy, even, clothed with 

 evanescent olive gluten ; wvaho brown ; stem solid, equal, vis- 

 cid, at first furnished with a floccose ring, spotted with dark 

 scales, even aljove ; gills white. 



In woods and Avoodland pastures. Not common. North- 

 amptonshire. By no means yellow like the last. 



