392 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLumE 9 
stipe subequal, squamulose, white, stuffed, yellow-floccose at the apex, 5—6 cm. long, 1-2 cm. 
thick: annulus incomplete, of yellow flocci. 
TYPE LocaLiry: Carniola. 
Haszitat: In woods. js rn ae 
DISTRIBUTION: Canada to Alabama; also in Hurope. . 
TILuustRations: Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi f. 112; Batsch, Elench. Fung. f. 212; Gill. Champ. Fr, 
pl. 330; Ricken, Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 6, f. 4. 
Exsiccatt: D. Sace. Myc. Ital. 1610. 
4. Hygrophorus glutinosus Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 10: 950. 
1902. 
Hygrophorus rubropunctus Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 116: 49. 1907. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, 2.5—5 cm. broad; surface white or tinged with yellow, glutinous, 
margin involute: context white; lamellae adnate, subdistant, white: spores 7-10 X 4-6 u: stipe 
equal, white, solid, floccose-tomentose, glutinous at the base, glandular-dotted above the 
annulus, the dots becoming red on drying, 2.5 cm. long, 6-8 mm. thick: annulus glutinous. 
Typx Locatity: Bolton, New York. 
Hasitat: On the ground in partial shade. 
DistRIBUTION: New York to North Carolina. 
5. Hygrophorus flavodiscus Frost & Peck; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State 
Mus. 35: 134. 1884. 
Pileus convex or plane, 2.5—7.5 cm. broad; surface smooth, glutinous, white, with a pale- 
yellow or reddish-yellow disk: lamellae adnate or decurrent, subdistant, white, sometimes with 
a slight flesh-colored tint, the interspaces sometimes veiny: spores ellipsoid, 7-7.5 X 44: 
stipe subequal, solid, glutinous, white, sometimes slightly stained with yellow, 5-7.5 cm. long, 
4-16 mm. thick. 
Type LOCALITY: West Albany, New York. 
Hasitat: In pine woods. 
DISTRIBUTION: New England and New York to Ohio. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 51: pl. 51, f. 6-11; Hard, Mushrooms f. 167; Mem. 
N. Y. State Mus. 3: pl. 50, f. 1-6; Mycologia 4: pl. 56, f. 11. 
6. Hygrophorus serotinus Peck, Bull. N. V. State Mus. 116: 32. 
1907. 
Pileus fleshy but thin, convex or nearly plane, often with the thin margin curved upward, 
gregarious or cespitose, 3-6 cm. broad; surface glabrous or with a few obscure, innate fibrils, 
reddish at the center, whitish on the margin: context white, the taste mild; lamellae thin, 
subdistant, adnate or decurrent, white, the interspaces slightly venose: spores-ellipsoid, hyaline, 
7.5 X 5 u: stipe equal, stuffed or hollow, glabrous, whitish, 3-5 cm. long, 3~10 mm. thick. 
TYPE LocaLity: Near Boston, Massachusetts. 
HasitarT: Oak and pine woods. 
DisTRIBUTION: Massachusetts and southern New York. 
7. Hygrophorus Laurae Morgan, Jour. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist. 6: 180. 
1883. 
Pileus fleshy, more or less irregular, convex-umbonate to depressed, 5-10 em. broad; 
surface glutinous, white, often reddish or brown-spotted on the disk: lamellae heterophyllous, 
adnate-decurrent, distant, white: spores ellipsoid, apiculate, pellucid, 8.5 X 5.5 «: stipe more 
or less curved or inflexed, yellowish-white, solid, rough at the apex, tapering downward, 
5-10 cm. long, 1 cm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Miami Valley, Ohio. 
Haszirat: Among leaves in woods. 
Distrrpution: New York to North Carolina and west to Kansas. 
ILLusTRATIONS: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 10: pl. 77, f. 6-14; 94: —11; i . 
Nat. Hist. 6: pl. 9; Mycologia 2: pl. 27, f. 10. . ¢ a a ae 
Exsiceatt: Shear, N. VY. Fungi 302, 
