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white particles at the apex, becoming hollow. The veil is very deli- 

 cate, white, and only seen in quite young plants when they are fresh. 

 It clings to the margin of the cap for a short period, and then soon 

 disappears. 



Sometimes the pileus is covered with numerous white, delicate 

 floccose scales, which give it a beautiful appearance, as in Fig. 26, 

 from specimens (No. 3185 C. U. herbarium), collected on the campus 

 of Cornell University among grass. The entire plant is very brittle, 



FIGURF. 27. Hypholoma appendiculatum (natural size), showing 

 appendiculate veil. Copyright. 



and easily broken. It is tender and excellent for food. 1 often eat 

 the caps raw. 



Hypholoma candolleanum Fr., occurs in woods on the ground, or on 

 very rotten wood. It is not so fragile as H. appendiculatum and the 

 gills are dark violaceous, not flesh color as they are in H. appendicu- 

 latum when they begin to turn, and nearly free from the stem. 



Hypholoma lacrymabundum Fr. This plant was found during Sep- 

 tember and October in wet grassy places in a shallow ditch by the 

 roadside, and in borders of woods, Ithaca, N. Y., 1898. The plants 

 are scattered or clustered, several often joined at the base of the 

 stem. They are 4-8 cm. high, the cap 2-5 cm. broad, and the stem 

 4-8 mm. in thickness. 



