90 AGARICINI. 



H. conicus. Fr. 

 Pileus, fragile, flesh thin, conical, carmine when young, 

 smooth, viscid. 



Gills, free, ventricose, 3'ellowish, waxy. 

 Stem, hollow, fibrillose, striated. 



This is an interesting species, and easily identified by its turning black. 

 This is generally the first Hygrophorus to appear in spring, and crops 

 appear all summer. 



Abundant in Albright's woods, near Trexlertown. 



H. eburneus. Fr. Shining White. 



Pileus, fleshy, compact, convex, plane, even, glutinous, 



margin soon naked. 



Gills, decurrent, distant, veined at the base, entire. 



Stem, stuffed, then hollow, glutinous like the pileus, rough 



at the apex, with dots in the form of scales. . 

 Common late in the fall. Open woods in Pennsylvania. 



H. erubescens. Reddish. 



Pileus, two to four inches broad, whitish, becoming red, 

 viscid, adpressed with squamules or becoming smooth, com- 

 pact, flesh white. 



Gills, white, decurrent, soft, with red spots. 



Stem, short, robust, equal or attenuate at the base, solid, 

 with red fibrils, dotted with red upwards. 



Common late in fall all through the Valley. 



H. coccineus. Fr. 



Pileus, fragile, thin, convex, obtuse, viscid, scarlet, grow- 

 ing pale yellow. 



Gills, adnate, with a decurrent tooth, connected by veins, 

 yellow. 



Stem, hollow, flattened, smooth, yellow. 



This species is of bright scarlet color at first, but soon turns to a light 

 yellow. Very fragile. Cosmopolitan, 



