smooth, solid ; gills broad, thick, arched, decurrent, very few,
and distant.
In exposed pastures. Rare. Walkeringham, Notts, Re«.
T. K. Miller. Known at once by its persistent delightful
odour, like that of Russian leather or Potentilla atro-sangui-
nea. Pileus scarcely exceeding half an inch in diameter.
14. H. ovinns, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, thin, conico-convex,
then expanded, gibbous, viscid, squamulose, brown ; stem'
somewhat stuffed, smooth, shining, thickened at either end ;
gills arcuato-dccurrent, connected by veins, white, then dingy;
edge tlnn.—Bull. t. 580; Huss. ii. t. 50.
In pastures. Not common. Northamptonshire. Coed
Coch. Ag. compressus, Sow., probably represents this species.
Pileus about 24 inches across.
##* Whole fungus of a watery, succulent substance ; veil none.
15. H. distans, B. ; pileus somewhat fleshy, plane or depressed,
viscid, white with a silky lustre, here and there stained
with brown; stem white above, cinereous below, and attenuated,
not spotted ; gills few, very distant, subventricose, decurrent,
pure white at first, then tinged with cinereous ; interstices
obscurely rugose. (Plate 13, fig. 1 .)
In woods. Rare. King’s Cliffe. June 30, 1859. About
2 inches across. Often umbilicate.
16. H. Colemannianns, R/om?.; pileus suhcarnose, umbonate,
nmher, turning pale except in the centre, even, striate when
moist and slightly viscid ; stem nearly equal, somewhat silky,
whitish ; gills rather broad, of the same colour as the pileus,
distant, deeply decurrent ; interstices venoso-rugose.
In grassy pasture. Twycross, Warwickshire, Rev. A. Bloxam.
Pileus 1-2 inches across, reddish-umber.
17. H. loetus, Fr. ; pileus thin, convexo-plane, nearly even.
viscid, somewhat shining, tawny, as well as the tough, equal
stem; gills snhdecurrent, thin, distant, paler.
On open pastures. Not uncommon. Scotland, England,
and Wales. Pileus about an inch across, brightly coloured,
not turning pale like the last.
18. H. eeraoens, F r .; brittle; pileus thin, convexo-plane,
obtuse, slightly striate, waxy, yellow as well as the fistulöse,
unequal, shining stem; gills adnato-decurrent, distant, yellow.
— Sow. t. 2 0 .
In pastures. Common. Easily known from the other yellow
species by the gills.
19. H. eoccineiis, F r .; hrittle; pileus thin, convex, obtuse,
viscid, scarlet, turning pale, smooth; stem hollow, compressed,
yellowish, scarlet ahove; gills adnate, decurrent with a tooth,
connected by veins variously shaded.—Schaff, t. 302; Huss.
i. t. 61.
In open pastures. Extremely common. Nearly allied to
the next, but larger.
20. H. miniatus, F r .; brittle; pileus thin, convex, then
umbilicate, vermilion, soon changing colour and becoming
opaque and squamulose; stem somewhat stuffed, equal, polished
scarlet; gills adnate, distant, yellow or yellowish-vermilion.
—Kromb. t. 1 . / . 2 1 .
In moist places, on heaths, etc. Common. Requires to be
carefully distinguished from the last.
21. H. pnnieeus, PV.; hrittle; pileus thin, fleshy, campanulate,
obtuse, waved, even, viscid, hlood-scarlet, then turning
pale; stem thick, hollow, ventricose, striate, white at the base;
gills adnexed, thick, distant, yellow.—Bolt. t. 67. / . 2. t. 43.
In meadows. Not common. I have a golden-yellow form
with an umbilicate pileus and adnate gills, intermediate between
this and the next.
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