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Genus 7. HYGROPHORUS. Fr. 
Hymenophore continuous with the stem, and descending into the 
gills in an unchanged tratna. Gills acute at the edge, clothed 
with a hyinenium which is changed into a waxy mass, not mem- 
branaceous, and separable from the trama. Spores globose (or 
subglobose), white. 
Tribe 1. Limacium. Fr. Universal veil viscid. Stem clad with 
scales, or rough with dots above. Gills adnato, decurrent. 
372. Hygrophorus (Limacium) porphyrins. B. §■ Br. 
Linn. Trans, n., 55. Sacc. Syll. 1555. 
Pileus campanulate, obtuse, fleshy, rather viscid, purple upwards 
(3-4 c.m. broad). Stem equal, of the same colour, obtuse (4 c.m. 
long, 2 c.m. thick). Gills adnexed, white. 
Amongst grass. Queensland. 
373. Hygrophorus (Limacium) hypothejns. Fr. Hym. 
Eur. 410. Cooke Ulus. t. 891. 
Pileus fleshy, obtuse, thin, clothed with olive evanescent gluten, 
somewhat virgate (1-2 in. broad) ; stem stuffed, equal, somewhat 
spotted, viscid (2-4 in. long, 2-3 lines thick), even, veil cortinate, 
fugacious; gills distant, yellow. Spores 10x6 y. 
In pine woods, on sandy soil. Victoria. 
Tribe 2. Camarophyllus. Veil none; stem even, smooth, or 
fibrillose, not rough with points ; pileus firm, opaque, moist 
after rain, not viscid. Gills distant, arcuate. 
374. Hygrophorus (Camarophyllus) virgineus. Wulf in 
Jacq. Mi sc. n., t. 15,/. 1. Fr. Hym. Eur. 413. Cooke 
Illus. t. 892. Sacc. Syll. 1590. 
White. Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, moist, at length 
depressed, areolato rirnose, floccose when dry (2^-6 c.m. broad) ; 
stem stuped, firm , short, attenuated at the base (2-6 c.m. long, 
4-12 m.m. thick) ; gills decurrent, distant, rather thickened. 
Spores 8-11 X 5-6 y. 
On downs and short pastures. Esculent. Lake Bonney. 
375. Hygrophorus (Camarophyllus) gilvus. Kalch. Proc. 
Linn. Soc. N.S. IF., 1882, 105. 
With the stature of By. virgineus, but the whole plant gilvous 
orange. Pileus umbilicate, then infundibuliform (2-4 lines broad) ; 
stem paler, thickened upwards, with the gills decurrent in a cone. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
376. Hygrophorus (Camarophyllus) flammans. Berk. 
Linn. Journ. xiti., 160. Sacc. Syll. 1599. 
Small. Pileus infundibuliform, dark red (A in. across) ; stem 
dilated upwards (A in. high) ; gills few, decurrent, livid red. 
On moist rocks. Victoria. 
