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377. Hygrophorus (Camarophyllus) nigricans. Berk. 
Linn. Journ. 2111 ., 160. Sacc. Syll. 1600. 
Orange red, turning black, small. Pileus umbilicate (2 lines 
across) ; stem thread-like (|-1 in. high) ; gills distant, decurrent. 
On the ground. Australia. 
378. Hygrophorns (Camarophyllus) gigasporus. Cke. Sr 
Mass. Grev. xvi. 81. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then expanded, umbonate, sooty- 
brown, even, smooth, viscid, shining (4-6 c.m. broad) ; stem 
straight, elongated, slightly thickened downwards, fibrillose, solid 
(8 c m. long, 6-8 m.m. thick) ; gills rather distant, adnate with a 
decurrent tooth, broad, whitish. Spores oval, 20 X 12-14 p. 
On horse dung and around it. Victoria. 
379. Hygrophorus (Camarophyllus) candidus, Cke. <j- 
Afass. Grev. xvu., 4. 
White. Pileus fleshy, convex, viscid, disc tinged with brown, 
obtuse (1-’ in. diam.) ; margin very thin ; stem rather flexuous, 
attenuated downwards, stuffed (2-2^ in. long) ; white, here and 
there spotted with ochre ; gills rather distant, rounded behind. 
Spores subglobose, 4 x 8 /a. 
On the ground. Victoria. (Fig. 39). 
Tribe 3. Hygrocybe. Veil none, whole fungus, thin, watery, 
fragile; pileus when moist viscid, shining when dry; stem 
hollow, soft, without dots ; gills soft. 
380. Hygrophorus (Hygrocybe) sciophauus. Fr. Hym. 
Eur. 417. Sacc. Syll. v., 16^8. Cooke Ulus. t. 937 a. 
Somewhat brick red ; pileus rather fleshy, convex, then depressed, 
obtuse, slightly viscid, opaque ; margin striate (1-2 in. broad); 
stem hollow, equal, rather flexuous, even (2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines 
thick) ; gills decurrent, distant, connected by veins. 
In mossy places. Victoria. 
381. Hygrophorus (Hygrocybe ) ceraceus. Wulf.in Jacq. 
Coll, li., t. 15, f. 2. hr. Hym. Eur. 417. Cooke Illus. t. 
904 b. Sacc. Syll, 1 634. 
Brittle. Pileus thin, con vexo- plane, obtuse, slightly striate 
(1 in. across), viscid, wax coloured, as well as the fistulose, unequal, 
shining stem (1-2 in. lung, 2 lines thick) ; gills adnate, sub- 
decurrent, distant, yellow. Spores 8x6/i. 
In pastures. Victoria. 
382. Hygrophorus (Hygrocybe) coccineus. Schceff. Icon, 
t. 302. Fr. hym. Eur. 418. Cooke Illus. t. 920. Sacc. 
Syll. 1637. 
Fragile. Pileus thin, convex, obtuse, viscid (1-2 in. or more), 
scarlet, growing pale, smooth ; stem hollow, compressed, yellowish, 
scarlet above (2 in. long, 3-4 lines thick) ; gills adnate, with a 
