white at the base ; gills adnate, with a long decurrent tooth, ventricose,
thin, distant, white.— Cooke Illu s. t. 935 A.
On heathy ground.
Stem 2 in. long, 2 lines thick. Spores 8 x 5 y.
var. lacmuB. Er. Sym. Eur. 416.
Lacmus, coined as an adjective from the Persian lac, as in shellac ;
here probably used in allusion to its lilac colour.
Pileus piano-depressed, fragile, unequal, lilac, then pallid, disc
fibrillose, gills cinereous.—F / . Dan. t. 1731, f. 1. Cooke Illus. t.
935 B.
On heathy ground.
Spores 8 x 5-6 y.
1 1 0 3 . Hygzophozus (Camazophyllus) izz ig a tu s. Fers. Syn. 361.
Irrig d tu s = wetted.
Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, somewhat
umbonate, even; stem fistulose, equal, tough, smooth, viscid, livid ;
gills with a decurrent tooth, somewhat distant, whitish.—F r. Hym.
Eur. 416. Cooke Illus. t. 919.
In grassy pastures.
Pileus abont 1-2 in, broad. Stem 2-3 in. long, 1-2 lines thick. Snores
10x5y.
Tribe 3. Hygrocybe.
Hygroc'ybe, from £7 / 0 9 = moist, and Kvßy — the head.
Veil none, whole fungus thin, watery, succulent, fragile. Pileas
when moist viscid, shining when dry, rarely floccosely squamose,
stem hollow, soft, without dots, gills soft.
* Gills decurrent.
1 1 0 4 . Hygzophozus (Hygzocybe) Colemaunianus. B lo x .in Berk.
Outl. p. 200.
Colemannia'nus, in honour of W. H. Coleman.
Pileus snb-carnose, umbonate, pallid umber, disc darker, even,
striate when moist, and slightly viscid, even when dry. Stem
nearly equal, somewhat silky, whitish ; gills rather broad, of the
same colour as the pileus, distant, deeply decurrent, interstices
venoso-rugose.—F r. Hym. Eur. 417. Cooke Illus. t. 903.
In grassy pastures.
Spores 7 X 4 |U.
1105. Hygzophozus (Hygzocybe) foetens.
p. 74.
Phil, in Grevillea Vil.,
Fcetens — stinking.
Yovy foetid and nauseous. Pilens hemispherical, then convex,
limber, dry, then cracked ; stem olive yellow, clad with transverse,
cracking fibrous scales; gills decurrent, cinereous.—Cooke Illus.
t. 903.
Amongst grass.
Pileus i-1 in. broad. Stem 1-lJ in. long, slender. Spores pip-shaped,
4-5 y.
11 0 6 . Hygzophozus (Hygzocybe) sc iophan us. Fr. Hym. Eur. 417.
Scioph'anus = appearing like a shadow {ctkio) ; delicate in comparison
with 11. pratensis.
Somewhat testaceous, pileus rather fleshy, convex, then depressed,
obtuse, slightly viscid, opaque, margin striate ; stem hollow, equal,
subflexuous, even ; gills decnrrent, distant, connected by veins.—
Cooke Illus. t. 937 A.
In mossy places.
“ Spores very pale clay-coloured. There were two forms, one with a
darker pileus and the flesh dark, tbe other paler, with the flesh also pale.
Tbe former only deposited spores ; it is probable therefore that the pale form
was not so fully developed.” M. J. B.
1107. Hygzophozus (Hygzocybe) Isetus. Pers. Syn. 417.
Fa .i« s= jo y fu l, happy. From its bright colour.
Pileus thin, convexo-plane, nearly even, viscid, somewliat shinino',
tawny ; stem tough, equal, tawny ; gills sub-decurrent, thin,
distant, paler.—Fr. Hym. Eur. 417. F r. Icon. t. 167, f. 2. Cooke
Illus. t. 938.
On open pastures.
Pileus about 1 in. broad. Stem 2-3 in. long; 2 lines thick. Spores
7 X 4-5 y.
1108. Hygzophozus (Hygrocybe) H oughtoui. B. 4 . Br. Ann.
N. H. No. 1360.
Hought’oni, in honour of the Rev. William Houglitoii.
Pilous convex, bright coloured, at length depressed in the centre,
striate, tawny yellow as well as the stem, transversely undulate,
very viscid ; gills decurrent, thin, g re j.— Cooke Illus. t. 936.
Amongst grass. Oct.
Pileus lJ-2 in. across ; stem 2 in. and more high, J iu. thick, sometimes
tint'ed above with blue ;■ odour foxy. Tbe gelatinous coat is extremely
thick, and at length separates and forms a cup in tbe centre. We fail to
trace’ any distinct feature which can separate this from H. latus. Tbe
spores are the same. Spores 7 x 4-5 y.
I'D.