HYGEOPHOEUS. 341 



Size and form of tlie typical species, but entirely snow- 

 white. 



Among grass. 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) chlorophanus. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, somewhat membranaceous, very 

 fragile, at first convex, then plane, obtuse, orbicular, lobed, 

 at length cracked, glabrous, viscid, striate, not becoming 

 discoloured, usually bright sulphur, sometimes truly crimson ; 

 gills emarginate, adnexed, very ventricose, with a small 

 decurrent tooth, rather distant, distinct and thin ; stem 

 hollow, equal, round, rarely compressed, 2-3 in. long, 2-3 

 lines thick, everywhere even, glabrous, viscid when moist, 

 shining when dry, everywhere deep yellow ; spores elliptical 

 with an apiculu?, 8 x 5 /x. 



Hygrophorus chlorophanus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 23 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 303 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 909. 



Grassy places, especially in woods. 



Closely allied to H. conicMS, but does not become black 

 after being bruised, and the obtuse pileus separates the two. 

 Differs from H. ceraceus in the bright sulphur-yellow colonr, 

 watery substance, and emarginate gills. (Fries.) 



Hygrophorus (Hygro.) psittacinus. Schaeff. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, campanulate then 

 expanded, more or less acutely umbonate, vaguely-striate, 

 yellow or orangfe, covered with an evanescent green gluten ; 

 gills adnate, 1 line or more broad, ventricose, distant, thick, 

 yellow with more or less green ; stem 1-2 in. long, 1-2 lines 

 thick, equal, even, often a little curved, yeUow, generally 

 green at the apex, hollow ; spores elliptical, 10 x 5 /x. 



Hygrophorus psittacinus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 303 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 910. 



Agaricus psittacinus, Schaeffer, Icon., t. 301. 



In pastures, &c. 



Whole plant green at first, at length almost entirely 

 yellow, except the summit of the stipes, which frequently, 

 remain green to the last, pileus about 1 in. in breadth, 

 conical, becoming somewhat plane or umbonate, or, at least, 

 spreading at the margin, smooth, glutinous, striated when 

 moist, the edge subeutire, often cracking. Flesh thin, 

 yellowish. Lamellae rather thick and . somewhat distant. 



