H. bresadolae Quélet
has a slimy orange-yellow cap, yellow gills and yellow, slimy, smooth stem. It is found under larch trees.
H. chrysaspis Métrod
has ivory white cap, stem and gills which soon become flushed with rust-brown and finally the whole fruit-body becomes red-brown. The stem is slimy and white dotted at the apex. It grows in beech woods.
H. hedrychii Velenovsky
has a slimy cream-coloured cap flushed with pale peach colour. The gills and stem are cream and the latter slimy and dotted at the top. It is found in pine woods.
H. hypothejus (Fries) Fries
has an olive-brown slimy cap, yellow stem and gills; the stem is slimy and smooth. It is found in pine woods and under pines on heaths.
H. pustulatus (Persoon) Fries
has an ash-grey cap brownish towards its centre, viscid white stem with dark grey dots at the apex and white gills. H. agathosmus (Secretan) Fries is similar, but smells strongly of bitter almonds. Both species are found in plantations.