378 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLumME 9 
4, Hydrocybe parvula (Peck) Murrill. 
Hygrophorus parvulus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 28:50. 1876. 
Pileus thin, hemispheric or convex, 6-8 mm. broad; surface subviscid, smooth, glabrous, 
hygrophanous, sulfur-yellow, margin striatulate when moist: lamellae subdistant, arcuate, 
adnate or decurrent, pale-yellow or whitish: stipe smooth, equal, hollow, pale-yellow or luteous, 
often darker than the pileus, 2.5 cm. long. 
TypE Locality: Northville, New York. 
Hapirat: On the ground in woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: New York. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 28: pl. 1, f. 20-24. 
5. Hydrocybe nitida (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill. 
Hygrophorus nitidus Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. IT. 12: 424. 1853. 
Pileus thin, fragile, convex, umbilicate, gregarious or cespitose, 1-2.5 cm. broad; surface 
viscid, pale-yellow, whitish when dry, striatulate on the margin when moist: context thin, 
pale-yellow; lamellae arcuate-decurrent, distant, interveined, pale-yellow: spores broadly 
ellipsoid, hyaline, 6-8 X 5-6 u: stipe slender, fragile, viscid, concolorous, hollow, 7-10 em. 
long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
Type LocaLity: South Carolina. 
Hazitat: Low places. 
Distrisurion: Eastern United States. 
InLustTRations: Ann. Rep. N. ¥. State Cab. 23: pl. J, f. 2-6; Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 94: pl. 88, 
f. 1-7; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, f. 6. 
Exsiccati: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1914. 
6. Hydrocybe ceracea (Wulfen) P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 
234. 1879. 
Agaricus ceraceus Wulfen in Jacq. Misc. Austr. 2:105. 1781. 
Hygrophorus cevaceus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 330. 1838. 
Pileus thin, fragile, convex to plane, obtuse, 1-3 em. broad; surface viscid, striatulate, 
pale-yellow, the color of wax: context concolorous; lamellae adnate or slightly decurrent, 
distant, very broad, concolorous: spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 7-9 X 4-6: stipe usually equal, 
straight, rarely flexuous, shining, concolorous, hollow, 3-8 cm. long, 3-5 mm. thick. 
TYPE LocaLrty: Austria. 
Hasirat: Among mosses or grasses. 
DisTRIBuTION: Eastern temperate North America; also in Europe. 
InLusTRATIONS: Boudier, Ic. Myc. pl. 39; Jacq. Misc. Austr. 2: pl. 15, f. 2; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, 
f. 2; Sow. Engl. Fungi 9/1. 20. z Ze - ss 2 
7. Hydrocybe chlorophana (Fries) P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 
236. 1879, 
Agaricus chlorophanus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 103. 1821. 
Hygrophorus chlorophanus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 332. 1838, 
Pileus thin, fragile, convex to nearly plane, obtuse, striate and often lobed or split at the 
margin, 2-4 cm. broad; surface pale-yellow, rarely reddish at the center, glabrous, viscid: 
context thin, yellowish, edible; lamellae thin, fragile, adnexed, subdistant, ventricose, con- 
colorous or paler: spores ovoid, hyaline, 7~8 X 4-5 u: stipe cylindric, glabrous, viscid, concolor- 
‘ous, hollow, 3-7 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick. 
TYPE LocaLity: Europe. 
Hasitat: In damp woods. 
DistRIBUTION: Maine to Alabama and west to Wisconsin; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Boudier, Ic. Myc. pl. 41; Fries, Ic. Hymen. 1. 167, f. 4; Gill. Champ. Fr. pl. 139 
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4329); Lucand, Champ. Fr. pl. 94; Mem. N.Y. State Mus. 3: pl. 31, f. 13-20; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, f. 3. 
8. Hydrocybe marginata (Peck) Murrill. 
Hygrophorus marginatus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. ¥. State Mus. 28: 50. 1876. 
Pileus fragile, often irregular or lobed, subcampanulate or expanded, often broadly 
umbonate, 2.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, shining or minutely rimose, golden-yellow, margin 
