258 OUTLINES or British fungology. 



On the ground^ in piue-MOods. Not common. Of the two 

 forms, the one with thick persistent scales alone has been at 

 present found in Great Britain. 



2. H. repandum, L. ; pileus fleshy, compact, rather waved, 

 nearly smooth, pallid, as well as the irregular stem ; spines 

 imequal, of the same colour. (Plate 17, fig. 2.) — Huss. i. 1. 16. 



On the ground, in woods. Common, Esculent. H. ru- 

 fescens is a variety with a redder colour. — Bolt. t. 89. 



3. H. compactum, Fr. ; pileus corky, compact, waved and 

 tuberculate, zoneless, olivaceous, cinereous, or brown, com- 

 monly involved in white down, variegated with blue within ; 

 stem very short, irregular, tawny-brown ; spines brownish, 

 pale at the tips. — Batsch, f. 221. 



On the ground, on heaths, and in fir-woods. Rare. Bun- 

 gay, Woodward. Aviemore, Klotzsch. 



4. H. zonatum, Batsch ; ferruginous ; pilous coriaceous, 

 thin, expanded, somewhat funnel-shaped, zoned, at length 

 smooth, radiato-rugose ; margin pale, sterile; stem slender, 

 nearly equal, floccose, tuberous at the base ; spines slender, 

 pallid, then of the same colour as the pileus. — Batsch, f. 224. 



In woods. Rare. Cork, Mr. Denis Murray. 



5. H. graveolens, Delastre ; pileus coriaceous, thin, soft, 

 zoneless, wrinkled, dark brown, cinereous when dry, brown 

 within ; margin whitish ; stem slender ; spines short, grey. 



In woods. Rare. Wales, Mr. Ralfs. Worcestershire. 

 Has a strong and persistent smell of melilot. 



** Stem lateral. 



6. H. auriscalpium, L. ; pileus dimidiate, kidney-shaped, 

 coriaceous, hairy, bright brown, inclining to black ; stem slen- 

 der, rooting, hairy, of the same colour ; spines tougli, bright 

 brown. — Grev. t. 196. 



