880 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLuUME 9 
13. Hydrocybe minutula (Peck) Murrill. 
Hygrophorus minutulus Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus, 1?: 9. 1888. 
Pileus thin, submembranous, convex or expanded, subumbilicate, 6-10 mm. broad; 
surface bright-red, viscid, and distantly striatulate when moist, pale-red or yellowish when 
dry: lamellae rather broad, subdistant, sometimes ventricose, adnate or subsinuate and 
slightly decurrent, whitish, tinged with red or yellow: spores narrowly ellipsoid, 10 X 54: 
stipe short, slender, fragile, solid, viscid when moist, yellowish, stuffed, 12-20 mm. long, 1 
mim. thick. 
Type Locarity: Sandlake, New York. 
Hasirat: Grassy ground in pastures or among mosses. 
DIsTRIBUTION: New York. 
14. Hydrocybe psittacina (Schaeff.) P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 
32: 237. 1879. 
Agericus psittacinus Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4: Ind. 70. 1774. 
Hygrophorus psittacinus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 332. 1838. 
Pileus thin, convex to expanded, umbonate, striatulate on the margin, 1-3 cm. broad; 
surface smooth, reddish or yellow, covered with evanescent, greenish slime: context white, 
very thin; lamellae adnate-decurrent, thick, broad, ventricose, yellow, tinged with green: 
spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 7-8 X 5-6 uw: stipe cylindric, subequal, tough, viscid, concolorous, 
2.5-4 em. long, 3-4 mm. thick. 
Type LocaLiry: Europe. 
Hasrtat: In pastures and open woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: New England to North Carolina and west to Wisconsin; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Boudier, Ic. Myc. pl. 42; Bull. Herb. Fr. pl. 545, f. 1 (as aa cameleon); 
Gill. Champ. Fr. pl. 137 (346); Hussey, Ill. Brit. Myc. 1: pl. 49; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, f.4; Ricken, 
Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 8, f. 6; ‘Schaef. Fung. Bavar. pl. 301; Sow. Engl. Fungi #1. 82. 
15. Hydrocybe laeta (Pers.) P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk. 32: 233. 
1879. 
Agaricus laetus Pers. Obs. Myc. 2: 48. 1799. 
Hygrophorus laetus Fries, Hpicr. Myc. 329. 1838. 
Pileus thin, convex to plane, 1-2.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, viscid, subshining, incarnate, 
white, or rarely varying to pale-fuliginous, not expallent: lamellae subdecurrent, distant, thin, 
paler than the pileus: spores 9-10 X 6-8 u: stipe equal, tough, fulvous, 5-8 cm. long, 4 mm. 
thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Europe. 
Hasirat: On the ground among mosses or in moist, shaded soil. 
DISTRIBUTION: Maine to North Carolina; Bermuda; also in Euro 
pe. 
ILLustrations: Fries, Ic. Hymen. pl. 167, f. 2; Gill. Champ. Er. pl. P32 (338) ; Ricken, Bidtterp. 
Deutschl. 91. 8, f. &. 
16. Hydrocybe laricina (Peck) Murrill. 
Hygrophorus laricinus Peck, Mem. N. Y. State Mus. 3: 146. 1901. 
Pileus fleshy, convex or nearly plane, sometimes umbonate, gregarious, 1.5-2.5 em. broad; 
surface viscid when moist, reddish, tawny-red, or grayish-red: context white, slightly yellow 
under the pellicle, the taste slightly disagreeable when raw, good when cooked; lamellae adnate 
or subdecurrent, distant, whitish: spores ellipsoid, 6-7.5 X 4-5 uw: stipe firm, equal, white, 
hollow, 2.5-5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Warrensburg, New York. 
Hasirat: Under tamarack trees. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Mem. N. ¥. State Mus. 3: pl. 51, f. 1-12. 
17. Hydrocybe miniata (Scop.) Murrill. 
Agaricus miniatus Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2. 2: 442. 1772. 
Agaricus coccineus Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. 4: Ind. 70. 1774, Not A. i 
Hygrophorus coccineus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 330. 1838. . Een nates 
