Agaricaceae 



Hygrophorus. or rarely (when rotting) rufescent, fleshy, thin, convex then depressed, 

 obtuse, even, somewhat streaked. Flesh thin, white then becoming 

 light yellow. Stem 2-4 in. long, 2-3 lines and more thick, stuffed, 

 equal, even, viscous, but rarely spotted with the veil, at length hollow. 

 Partial veil floccose, at the first cortinate and annular, soon fugacious. 

 Gills decurrent, distant, distinct, at first pallid (even whitish) soon yel- 

 low, sometimes flesh-color. Fries. 



Very protean, changeable in color and variable in size. Stem not 

 scabrous. There is no trace of the veil when the plant is full grown. 

 Appearing after the first cold autumn nights, and lasting even till snow. 



In pine woods. Frequent. Stevenson. 



Spores iox6/x. Cooke; I2X4/A W.G.S. 



Hollis Webster, in Bulletin No. 5, 1897, Boston Mycological Club, 

 writes: "H. hypothejus Fr., when dried, is crisp and nutty, and very 

 good to carry in the pocket for occasional nibble." 



II. CAMAROPHYL'LUS. 

 * Gills deeply decurrent, etc. 



H. praten'sis Fr. pratum, a meadow. (Plate XXXVII, figs, i, 2, 

 3, p. 146. Plate XXXVIII, p. 147.) PileilS 1-2' in. and more 

 broad, somewhat pale yellowish, compactly fleshy especially at tJie disk, 

 thin toward the margin, convex then flattened, almost top-shaped from 

 the stem being thickened upward, even, smooth, moist (but not viscous) 

 in rainy weather, when dry often rimosely incised, here and there split 

 regularly round. Flesh firm, white. Stem i%2 in. long, % in. and 

 more thick, stuffed, internally spongy, externally polished-evened and 

 firmer, attenuated downward, even, smooth, naked. Gills remarkably 

 decurrent, at first arcuate, then extended in the form of an inverted cone , 

 very distant, thick, firm, brittle, connected by veins at the base, very 

 broad in the middle, of the same color as the pileus. Fries. 



Very protean. Veil none. The flesh of the pileus is formed as it 

 were of the stem dilated upward. The typical form resembles the 

 Cantharelli. Everywhere becoming light yellow-tawny , but varying with 

 the stem and gills pale-white. 



In pastures. Common. Stevenson. 



Spores 6x4/x Cooke ; 6-10x4-6^ K. 



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