Agaricaceae 



stropharia. as dangerous, and intimated that it had been fatal. Since that period 

 we are not aware of any further evidence against it. 

 It is tender, good and harmless. 



HYPHOLO'MA. 



Gr. a web ; Gr. a fringe. 



(Plate XCVIII.) 



Hyphoioma. Pileus more or less fleshy, margin at first incurved. Veil webby, ad- 

 hering in fragments to the margin of 

 the pileus, not forming a distinct ring 

 on the stem. Stem fleshy, similar 

 in substance to that of the pileus with 

 which it is continuous. Gills at- 

 tached to the stem, sometimes with a 

 notch at the juncture (emarginate), 

 occasionally separating and then ap- 

 pearing to be free. 



Generally cespitose, mostly grow- 

 ing on wood above or under the 

 ground. 



Spores brownish -purple, some- 

 times intense-purple, almost black. 



Corresponding to Tricholoma, En- 

 toloma and Hebeloma. 



HYPHOLOMA FASCICULARIS. 

 Natural size. 



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