HYGROPHORUS. 89 



Height two to three inches, breadth of pileus one to two 

 inches, stem four to six Hnes thick.— Pec A-' s Report. 



This is one of our earUest Cortinarii. P'ouiid in a dense underbrush 

 south of Trexlertown. 



Tribk VI. Hygrocybe. Wasserkopf. 

 Pileus thin, carapanulate, convex, even, color of chestnuts. 



C. (Hygrocybe) castaneus. Fr. 



Chestnut Cortinarius. 



Pileus, thin, campanulate, convex, even, color of chestnuts. 

 Gills, crowded, ventricose, violet, brown when older. 

 Stem, cartilaginous, hollow, even, smooth, violaceus, white, 

 wnth veil. 



Common in moist places. 



Genus XXXI. HYGROPHORUS. 



The hymenium waxy or watery. This genus is known by 

 the watery condition of the gills. The species are not numer- 

 ous in our county. The eburneus, erubescens, and coccineus 

 are the more common. 



H. pratensis. Fr. 



Field or Meadow Hygrophorus. 



Pileus, one to two inches broad, pale yellowish, compactly 

 fleshy, with an umbo, thin towards the margin, convex, almost 

 turbinate, from the stem being expanded upwards, even, 

 smooth, moist, flesh firm, white. 



Gills, deeply decurrent, arcuate, distant, thick, separating 

 from the stem. 



Stem, stuff'ed, attenuated downwards, whitish. 



Common in pastures after a rainy spell. 



