DESCRIPTIONS OF FUNGI. 83 



Red or Pink. 



conical, then convex, dry, smooth, marked with 

 reddish specks, darker toward the centre, flesh 

 white, turning red and narrowing toward the 

 margin. Stem 3 to 6 inches long, \ inch 

 thick, solid, firm, slightly tapering toward the 

 apex, very bulbous at base, same color as cap, 

 stuffed with brown pith inside. There are two 

 or three reddish oblique zones encircling the 

 stem. Gills adnate, swollen in the middle, dis- 

 tant, variable, at first pale cinnamon color, and 

 then dark brown. We found them at the end 

 of August in great numbers, sometimes united 

 in tufts (csespitose) in all stages of growth, 

 the younger ones covered with a cobwebby 

 veil, which is paler in color than the zones. 

 They grow in mixed woods. 



CLITOCYBE LACCATA = a resinous substance. 

 The Waxy Ciitocybe. 



This species is small in size. Cap is 

 about 1 inch broad, thin, convex and almost 

 plane. Sometimes with a depression (umbili- 

 cate) . "When moist it has a water-soaked look, 

 and becomes pale in drying. When wet it has 

 a peculiar flesh color, but when dry it is a pale 

 yellowish-red hue. Stem is long and slen- 



