HYGEOPHOEUS. 339 



Tlie tawny colour at base of stem not always evident in 

 British specimens. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) intermedius. Pass. 



Pileus up to 2 in. across, flesh very thin everywhere, 

 campanulate then expanded, obtuse, or sometimes with an 

 indication of an umbo, almost dry, margin often wavj-, golden- 

 yellow then becoming greyish; gills adnate, ventricose, 

 narrowed in front, 2 lines broad at the widest part, distant, 

 whitish then yellow; stem 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, 

 equal, fibrillosely striate, yellow, hollow ; spores elliptical, 

 8-9 X 6 yn. 



Hygrophorus intermedius, Passerini, Parm. ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 302 ; Cke., Blustr., pi. 907. 



Among grass. 



Eemarkable for possessing the smell of meal. Eesembling 

 H. ohrusseiis in size and general appearance, but distinguished 

 by the pileus becoming grey, and the mealy smell. 



Hy^iophoms (Hygro.) conicus. Fr. ^,v^ ' ' /c 



Pileus l-2~innigh^and across when expanded, fragile, 

 flesh very thin, acutely^conical, margin usually more or less 

 lobed, at length cracking and turning up, glabrous, viscid 

 when moist, shining when dry, yellow or sometimes more or 

 less tinged with crimson ; gills narrow behind and almost 

 free, veijtricose, rather crowded, thin, yellowish ; stem 3-4 

 in. long, 8-4 lines thick, cylindrical, fibrgusly striate, yeUow, 

 hollow; spores elliptical, 10-11 x 6-8 /a. 



"Sygrophorus conicus. Fries, Epicr., p. 331 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 302 ; Cke., niustr., pi. 908. 



In pastures. 



Every part usually turning black when bruised, or as the 

 plant becomes old. 



Pileus 1-2 in. high, acutely conic, variously waved and 

 lobed, fibrillose, viscid when moist or young, juicy, turning 

 black, as does the whole plant when broken or bruised, 

 orange, yellow, scarlet, brown, dusky, &c., various colours 

 often blended together. Gills thick, fleshy, ventricose, 

 attenuated behind free or adnexed, yellowish with frequently 

 a cinereous tinge. Stem 3-4 in. long, 2-5 lines thick, often 

 splitting fibrilloso-striate, coloured like the pileus. Pries 



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