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H. diSCOidetlS (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., disc-like). 

 Near Lyndhurst. Bank. Holmhill. 



In woods. Not common. Yellowish-red, disc darker. 

 H. limacinus (Soop.) Fr. (Lat., slimy like a slug). 

 Near Lyndhurst. 



In woods. Uncommon. 

 H. hypothejllS Fr. (Gr., sulphur under, because yellow beneath the olive 

 gluten). 



Costicles. Rhinefield. New Copse. Mark Ash. Burley. Emery 

 Down. Dearleap, etc. 



In woods and open places under conifers. Common. Edible. 

 H. mesotephriiS Berk. (Gr., ash-coloured in centre). 

 Buskett's Lawn. 



Under trees. Uncommon. 

 H. HvidO-albus Fr. (Lat., leaden [pileus] white [gills]). 

 Denny. 



In woods. Uncommon. 

 H. pratensis (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., of meadows). 



Denny. Buskett's Lawn. Emery Down. Ocknell. Balmer Lawn. 

 Allum Green, etc. 



In pastures, woods and heaths. Very common. Edible. 

 H. Virgineus (Wulf.) Fr. (Lat., virgin ; from its whiteness). 



Buskett's Lawn. Brockenhurst Park. Ocknell. Wilverley. Denny. 

 Balmer Lawn. Burley. Allum Green. Ridley, etc. 



In pastures, woods, and on lawns. Very common. Edible, 

 var. roseipes Mass. (Lat., with the stem rose-coloured). 

 Holmhill. 



Under conifers. Uncommon. 

 H. niveus (Scop.) Fr. (Lat., snow-white). 



Holmsley. Obere. Brockenhurst Park. Bank. Emery Down. Race- 

 course, etc. 



On lawns, in pastures, and woods. Very common. Edible and 

 delicious. Much smaller than H. virgineus, and differs in the hollow 

 stem and umbilicate pileus. 

 H. rilSSO-COriaceus B. and Br. (Lat., of russia-leather ; from the odour.) 

 Ironshill. 



On heaths, etc. Uncommon. 

 H. laettlS (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., cheerful; from its colour). 

 Rhinefield. Ironshill. Buskett's Lawn. Holmsley. 



On pastures and grassy places in woods. Frequent. 

 H. ceraceus (Wulf.) Fr. (Lat., waxy). 



Holmsley Inclosure. Denny. Emery Down. Ba,nk. 



In pastures. Frequent. Edible and delicious. Yellow, gills 

 broadly attached. 

 H. COCCineuS (Schaeff.) Fr. (Lat., scarlet). 



Holmsley. Emery Down. Brockenhurst Park. Denny. Balmer Lawn. 

 Burley, etc. 



In pastures and woods. Common. Edible and delicious. Base of 

 stem yellow. Trama red like cap. 

 H. miniatus Fr. (Lat., red). 



Wootton. Ashurst. Ramnor. Holmsley. Ridley. Ocknell, etc. 



In pastures, woods and boggy places. Common. Edible and 

 delicious. Much smaller than coccineus or puniceus, trama yellow, 

 stem crimson. 



H. turundllS Fr. (Lat., lint, from the linty scales which at length cover 



it). 



Burley New Inclosure. Holmsley. 



In moist places in the open and in woods. Not common. Allied to 



H. miniatus, but gills decurrent, stem tawny. 



