LEUCOSPOILE 
H3 
appears later than H. virgineus; is a more slender and tougher 
plant, with membranaceous pileus. It superficially resembles 
Clitocybe ericetorum, which is shining when dry. The mould 
which sometimes clouds the gills of the two preceding 
species is Vevticillium Marquandi. 
Sub-genus 3.— LIMACIUM 
(. Limax , a slug—from the glutinous pileus and stem) 
Hygrophorus cossus (from its odour of the goat-moth, Cossus 
ligniperda), “ Goat-moth.” 
P. 1-2 in., fleshy, glabrous; glutinous at first, shining 
yellowish-white when dry. F. white. G. adnato-decurrent, 
connected by veins, white. S. 2-3 in., slender, equal, white, 
or yellowish-white. Frequent amongst grass in woods and 
pastures. Known by its unpleasant smell, which exactly 
resembles that of the larva of the goat-moth. 
H. eburnens ( ebur , ivory) is pure shining white, never 
yellowish and never strong-smelling; superficially resembling 
Tricholoma lascivum. 
H. chrysodon (Gr. chrusos, gold; odous , a tooth—from the 
golden tooth-like scales) is pure white, with the margin of 
the pileus and the apex of the stem tinged yellow. Smells 
like the larva of a goat-moth. A rare species. 
PLEUROTUS 
(Gr. pleuvon , a side; ous, an ear—from the supposed resem¬ 
blance of many species to an ear) 
P. ulmarius ( ulmus , elm— its usual habitat), “ Elm-sprout.” 
Plate XXXVI. 10. 
P. 3-9 in., smooth, horizontal, more or less eccentric, 
livid, then pale; usually marbled with roundish spots. 
F. thick, white, tough. G. slightly adnexed, emarginate 
