•EDIBLE MUSHROOMS. 59 



LITTLE IVORY CAPS. 



Hygrophorus niveus. 



(Plate VI. Fig. 3.) 



In many respects the Little Ivory Caps 

 resemble the Ivory Caps, but are much 

 smaller, and more slender. This species is 

 found also amongst short grass, on lawns 

 and pastures, and is perfectly white in all its 

 parts. In moist weather it is rather sticky, 

 which is scarcely observable when dry. The 

 cap seldom exceeds half an inch in diameter, 

 and the distant gills are gradually attenu- 

 ated downwards into the slender stem. 

 From its small size it can hardly claim 

 much consideration as an edible species, 

 but both the species of Ivory Caps may 

 be mixed together in making up a dish, 

 and as a lawn may sometimes furnish some 

 hundreds of specimens of the two kinds, 

 it may sometimes be possible to obtain 

 sufficient for the kitchen. 



We may enumerate here another, and 



