HYGROPHOEUS. 337 



■witli age, glabrous, bright red, becoming pale ; gills decur- 

 rent, triangular, thick, yellow; stem 1-1^ in. long, i line 

 thick, equal, fibrous and rather silky, coloured like the 

 pileus, base white, hollow. 



Hygrophorus mucronellus. Fries, Epicr., p. 331 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 301 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 937b. 



In grass fields. 



Stem usnally slightly curved. Known from the other 

 small red species by the acute pileus and decurrent, trian- 

 gular gills. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) micaceus. B. & Br. 



Pileus i-J in. across, flesh thin, hemispherical, then ex- 

 panded and sometimes slightly depressed, at first yellow, 

 then becoming grey or with a tinge of green, ^vrinkled, 

 sprinkled with micaceous particles ; gills 'decurrent, narrow, 

 pale umber; stem -§-1 in. long, about 1 line thick, equal, 

 yellow, then brown below, granulated, solid; spores 4 x 3/i. 



Hygrophorus micaceus, B. and Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., no. 1779; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 301 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 90ob. 



On clay soil. 



Mycelium white. Whole plant turns brown when dry. 

 (Berk, and Broome.) 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.'l Wynniae. B. it Br. (fig. 1, 

 p. 301.) 



Pileus J— 1 in. across, flesh equally thin ; convex, umbili- 

 cate or rather infundibuliform, striate, hygrophanoiis, lemon- 

 yellow, becoming greenish when dry ; gills decurrent, nar- 

 row, thin, yellowish, then with a green tinge ; stem about 

 1 in. long, and 1 line thick, slightly expanding upwards into 

 the pileus, smooth, coloured like the pileus, hollow ; spores 

 elliptical, 7-8 X 6 /x. 



Hygrophorus Wynniae, B. and Br., Ann. Xat. Hist., no. 1787 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 905a; Cke., Hdbk., p. 301. 



On chips, among twigs, &c. 



A small but very distinct species ; lemon-yellow, changing 

 to a greenish tint as it loses moisture, remarkable for growing 

 on chips and twigs. 



VOL. II. 



