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Typical species of the genus are best seen in Subgenus 3,
Hygrocybe. Species 1187—1228
Su b g en u s I. Limacium. jPz7«/i-glutinous. Universalveil
occasionally a floccose partial veil which is annular or
marginal. Sfan clothed with minute scales or rough with
dots above. Gills adnato-decurrent.
White or yellowish-white. 1187—1190
Reddish. 1191—1194.
Tawny or light yellow. 1195—1198
Olivaceous umber. 1199—1202
Fuscous-cinereous or livid. 1203—1206
SuBGENUS 2. C am a rop h y llu s. Veil none. Pileus firm, op a q u e ,
moist in ra iny weather, not v isc id, e x c ep t 1216, 1219, 1220 and
1224, where the pileus is somewhat viscid. Stem even,
smooth or fibrillose, not rough with dots. Gills distant,
arcuate.
Gills deeply and at length obconically decurrent. 1207—1217
Gills ventricose, sinuato-arcuate or plano-adnate. 1218—1224
SuBGENUs 3 . H y g r o c y b e . Veil none. Pileiis v is c id when moist,
shining when d ry, ra re ly flo c co so -scaly. Stem h o llow , e x c e p t
1225, 1228, stuffed in 1232, soft, not punctate. Gills soft.
Whole fungus thin and watery-succulent, fragile, mostly bright
coloured and lustrous.
Gills decurrent. 1225—1234
Gills adnexed, adnate in 1241 and 1243, broadly emarginate in
1244, somewhat separating. 1235— 1246
Su b g e n u s i . Limacium.
(From the pileus and stem glutinous with the v e il; Umax, a slug.)
1187. H. ehrysodon Fr. (from the golden, tooth-like scales; Gr.
chrusos, gold, odous, a tooth) abc . White or sulphur-white.
P. convexo-plane or flat, yellow squamulose at mid. and marg.
St. stuffed, equal, colour as P., minutely yellow squamulose
above, sometimes imperfectly floccoso-annulate. G. decurrent,
distant, white with a faintly yellowish edge.
Woods, lime, beech, under trees ; rare. Aug.-Nov. 2f X 3J X J in. Var.
leucodon Stev., with shining-white pubescence.
1188. H. ehurneus Fr. (from its ivory-white colour; ehur, ivory) abc .
P. convexo-plane, flat, repand; marg. pubescent, soon naked.
St. stuffed to hollow, equal or nearly so. G. adnato-decurrent,
distant.
Said to be edible. Odour mild, sweetish, not unpleasant or none. Woods,
grassy roadsides, pastures; frequent. Aug.-Oct. 2f X 3 j X J in. Not
unlike 115.
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1189. H. Cossus Fr. (from its odour of the goat-moth, Cossus ligniperda)
abc. Faintly yellowish-white.
P. convexo-plane, obtuse; mid. slightly ochreous; marg. naked.
St. stuffed, slightly attenuate downwards. G. adnato-decurrent,
distant.
Odour powerful, persistent. Woods, oak ; frequent. Sept.-Nov.
2| X 3f X I in.
1189a. H. melizeus Fr. (a fanciful name to express its beauty, like
the melody of a song; Gr. melizo, to sing) a. Straw colour.
P. fleshy, convexo-expanded, depressed, even, viscid; marg. thin,
at first involute. St. stuffed, attenuate downwards, white
punctato-squamulose above. G. decurrent, thin, distant.
Odour pleasant. Woods. Nov. 3 | X 4^ X § in.
1189b. H. diseoxanthus Rea (from the yellow middle of the pileus;
Gr. diskos, a disc, xanthos, yellow) a.
P. convex, then expanded and depressed, viscid, white then
yellowish, deeper coloured at mid.; marg. becoming brownish
with age. St. solid, attenuate downwards, often curved, viscid,
white, soon becoming reddish-brown. G. somewhat distant,
decurrent, veined at base, exceeding marg. of P., white, then
yellowish to reddish-brown. Flesh white, becoming reddish
in St.
Odour pleasant of anise. Amongst grass. Oct. 2 X i f X i in.
1190. H. penarlus Fr. (from its edible qualities; penus, provisions)
a b. Tan-whitish.
P. convexo-expanded, umbonate obtuse, then flat, sometiines
clouded fawn-vinous ; mid. palest sienna or ochre. 57. solid,
attenuate downwards, fusiform. G. adnato-decurrent, distant,
thick, veined.
Taste sweet; odour pleasant. Woods, mixed. Oct. 3i X 3j X | in.
1191. H. pulverulentus B. & Br. (from the powdered stem; pulvis,
dust) a b.
P. pulvinate, white ; marg. tomentose, sometimes rose- or pale
rufous-mealy. St. stuffed, attenuate downwards, fusiform,
wholly powdered with rose, rose-sienna or pale rufous meal.
G. decurrent, thick, whitish, edge obtuse.
Amongst pine-leaves. Nov.-Dec. f x X 4 in.
1192. H. erubeseens Fr. (from becoming red, erubesco) abc.
P. gibbous, convexo-flat, adpressedly dotted-squamulose, white
or pale buff, becoming red, rose-salmon or vinous-crimson-
brown ; mid. sienna. St. solid, equal or attenuate downwards,
red-fibrillose, red or pale dull brownish-purple, pale above.
G. decurrent, distant, narrow, white, red-spotted or rose, or
sienna-shaded. Flesh white or pale rose.
In troops, sometimes in large circles. Woods, pine. Oct. 4 X 3j X f in.
Perhaps allied to 88. ^