Part 6, 1916] AGARICACEAE 393 
8. Hygrophorus virgatulus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 26: 64. 
1874. 
Pileus convex or expanded, subcespitose, 2.5-5 cm. broad; surface viscid when moist, 
minutely virgate with innate, blackish fibrils, whitish with a brownish disk: lamellae distant, 
arcuate-decurrent, white: stipe equal or tapering downward, with a few small, white, floccose 
scales at the apex, solid, viscid, 6-10 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick. 
Type Locatity: North Greenbush, New York. 
HasiraT: On the ground in open woods. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
9. Hygrophorus paludosus Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 29: 70. 1902. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, obtuse, 2-4 cm. broad; surface whitish, covered with yellow or brown 
gluten: context white, the odor earthy, the taste slightly acrid; lamellae adnate or subdecurrent, 
subdistant, whitish, stained greenish-yellow when old: spores hyaline, 8-10 * 5-7 u: stipe 
rather long, flexuous, often curved at the base, nearly equal, glutinous, white with yellow glan- 
dular dots at the apex, streaked with brown gluten when dry, solid, 5-10 cm. long, 4-8 mm. 
thick. 
TYPE Locality: Greenville, Michigan. 
Hapitar: Growing among sphagnum. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
10. Hygrophorus subviolaceus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 53: 
842. 1900. 
Pileus firm, hemispheric to convex, 2.5-4 cm. broad; surface glabrous, hygrophanous, 
viscid, violaceous when moist, paler or grayish when dry: context white; lamellae decurrent, 
distant, arcuate, pale-violaceous: spores subglobose, 6-7.5 X 5-6 yu: stipe equal or tapering 
downward, glabrous, white, solid, 2.5-4 cm. long, 8 mm. thick. 
TYvPE LOCALITY: Meadowdale, New York. 
Hasrrat: Damp, mucky ground in swamps. 
DisTrRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Ann. Rep. N. ¥. State Mus. 53: pl. C, f. 11-15. 
11. Hygrophorus speciosus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: 
43. 1878. 
Hygrophorus coloratus Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 122: 21. 1908. 
Pileus at first ovate or subconic, then expanded, often with a small umbo, gregarious, 
2.5-6 cm. broad; surface smooth, glutinous, bright-red or scarlet, becoming yellowish, margin 
thin, decurved: lamellae arcuate, adnate or decurrent, subdistant, white or yellowish, inter- 
veined: spores ellipsoid, 8-9 5-6 yw: stipe long, subequal, white or yellowish, sometimes viscid, 
6-13 cm. long, 4-10 mm. thick: veil slight, floccose, rarely present. 
Type LocaLity: Greig, New York. 
Hasirat: In sphagnum bogs. ae 
DistrRiBurion: New England, New York, and Michigan. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: pl. 2, f. 1-5; Hard, Mushrooms f. 168; Mem. 
N.Y. State Mus. 3: pl. 51, f. 21-28. 
12. Hygrophorus pudorinus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 322. 1838. 
Agaricus pudorinus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 33. 1821. 
Pileus fleshy, convex to depressed, gregarious to cespitose, 5-12 cm. broad; surface gla- 
brous, viscid, not pelliculose, pale-incarnate, sometimes yellow-spotted: context white, the 
taste mild; lamellae distant, squarely adnate to slightly decurrent, thick, white: spores ellipsoid, 
hyaline, 8 X 44: stipe scabrous above with white points, which usually become reddish on 
drying, solid, firm, white, 5-12 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick. 
TYPE LocaLity: Sweden. 
Hasirat: On the ground in woods. . 
DistrruTion: New York and Michigan; also in Europe. ; , 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 67: pl. 83, f. 1-6; Gill. Champ. Fr. pl. 123 (347); Ricken, 
Blatterp. Deutschl. pl. 4, f. 3. 
