HYVOOMl. 295 



In sandy fir-woods. Clmdleigh, C. E. B. At first nearly 

 transparent^ A^ith white roots^ and pink when touched. Smell 

 something like that of Melanogaster ambiguus when old, 

 when young like that of sour ham, 



58. HYMENOGASTER, Tul. 



Peridium fleshy or thin, running down into an absorbing 

 base. Cavities at first empty, radiating or irregular. Trama 

 composed of elongated cells, but not of byssoid flocci, and 

 therefore not easily separable. Spores various. 



1. H. Klotzsehii, Tul.; obovate, fibrillose at the base, 

 dirty-white, within dull rufous-oehre ; spores small, elliptic, 

 obtuse at either extremity, nearly even. — Fl. Regn. Boi'. 

 t. 466. 



Amongst soil. Very rare. In the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 

 Klotzsch. 



2. H. muticus, B. and Br. ; globose, quite white when 

 young, then tinged with brown and cracked, pale yellow- 

 brown within ; spores obovate, oblong, very obtuse. — Ann. of 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 2. ii. p. 267. 



Under trees. Stapleton Grove, Bristol, C E. B. Smell 

 very slight. Spores quite blunt. 



3. H. luteus, Vitt. ; peridium very thin, soft and silky, 

 white, then brownish, bright yellow within; spores even, 

 ovate or elliptic, oblong, yellow. — Tul. t. \.f. 3. 



In woods. Not uncommon. 



4. H. decorus, Tul. ; roundish, dirty-white, here and there 

 yellow, rather firm, within lilac-brown and at length blackish- 

 violet ; absorbing base obsolete ; sporophores long, somewhat 

 filiform ; spores elliptic, obtuse or obtusely apiculate, rugu- 

 lose, ochraceous, then brown. — Tul. t. 10. /. 9. 



