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viscid, somcwliat shining, tawny, as well as the tough, equal 

 stem ; gills subdecurrent, thin, distant, paler. 



On open pastures. Not uncommon. Scotland, England, 

 and AY ales. Pileus about an inch across, brightly coloured, 

 not turning pale like the last. 



18. H. ceraceus, T-V. ; brittle ; pileus tliin, convexo-plane, 

 obtuse, slightly striate, waxy, yellow as well as the fistulose, 

 unequal, shining stem ; gills adnato-dccurrcnt, distant, yellow. 

 —Sow. t. 20. 



In pastures. Common. Easily known from the other yellow 

 species by the gills. 



19. H. coccineus, Fr. ; brittle; pileus thin, convex, obtuse, 

 viscid, scarlet, turning pale, smooth ; stem hollow, compressed, 

 yellowish, scarlet above ; gills adnate, decurrent with a tooth, 

 connected by veins variously shaded. — Schceff. t. 302; Huss. 

 i. /. 61. 



In open pastures. Extremely common. Nearly allied to 

 the next, but larger. 



20. H. miniatus, Fr. ; brittle ; pileus thin, convex, then 

 umbilicatc, vermilion, soon changing colour and becoming 

 opaque and squamulose ; stem somewhat stuffed, equal, polished 

 scarlet; gills adnate, distant, yclloAv or yellowish-vermilion. 

 —Kromb. t.\. f.2\. 



In moist places, on heaths, etc. Common. Requires to l)c 

 carefully distinguished from the last. 



21. H. puniceus, Fr. ; brittle; pileus thin, fleshy, cam pa- 

 nulate, obtuse, waved, even, viscid, blood-scarlet, then turning- 

 pale ; stem thick, hollow, ventrieosc, striate, white at the base ; 

 gills adnexed, thick, distant, yellow.— 79o//. t. 67. /. 2. /. 43. 



In meadows. Not common. I have a golden-yellow form 

 with an umbilicatc pileus and adnate gills, intermediate be- 

 tween this and tlic next. 



