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yellow, opaque; gills decurrent, rather narrow, yellowisli- 

 red ; stera about 2 in. long, |- in. thick, or sometimes more, 

 attenuated at the base or more or less fusiform, solid, fibril- 

 lose, pallid, sometimes taM'ny at the base; spores subglobose, 

 5-6 jj. diameter. 



Hygrophorws leporinus. Fries, Epicr., p. 326 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 294 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 930. 



On open downs, &c., also in woods. 



Closely resembling S. pratensis. Stem rigid, usually at- 

 tenuated below, rarely at the apex. Pileus 1-2 in. broad, 

 cuticle broken up into floccose tufts, colour yellowish-rufous 

 or brownish. (Fries.) 



Hygrophorus (Camar.) nemoreus. Fr. 



Pileus l-i-2^ in. across, flesh thick, attenuated to a very 

 thin margin ; convex, then expanded and gibbous or de- 

 pressed, almost glabrous, tawny-orange ; giUs decurrent, 

 thick, distant, about 1^ line broad, as deeply coloured as the 

 pileus, stem about 2 in. long, ^ in. or more thick at the 

 apex," slightly attenuated towards the base, or sometimes 

 subequal or slightly ventricose, stuffed, firm, whitish, 

 fibrosely striate and minutely scaly ; spores elliptical, 

 6 X 5 /ii. 



Hygrophorus nemoreus, Fries, Epicr., p. 326 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 294; Cke., Illustr., pi. 931. 



In pastures. 



Allied to S. pratensis and chiefly distinguished by the 

 squamulose, pale stem. 



Hygrophorus (Camar.) pratensis. Fr. 

 Every part yellowish-tawny or buflT. Pileus 1-3 in. across, 

 very fleshy at the disc, but thin towards the margin, convex, 

 then expanded, almost turbinate with the stem thickened 

 upwards ; even, glabrous, moist in rainy weather, but not 

 viscid, often cracked when dry ; flesh firm, white, apparently 

 formed from the upward dilatation of the stem. Gills re- 

 markably decurrent, at first arcuate, very distant, firm, 

 fragile, connected by veins at the base, very broad at the 

 middle; stem 1^2 in. long, stuffed, spongy within, polished 

 and even externally, firm, h in. and more thick at the apex, 

 attenuated downwards, even, glabrous, naked ; veil absent; 

 spores elliptical, 6 x 4 /i. 



