DESCRIPTIONS OF FUNGI. 117 



Brown. 



ends, at first whitish and then turning a brown- 

 ish color. The plants vary greatly in height 

 and size, are sometimes cgespitose and at other 

 times scattered. The disc in some specimens 

 was slightly raised in the middle, almost um- 

 bonate. It was found about stumps and on 

 the ground, at the end of May, in mixed woods. 

 It soon withers, but does not melt into fluid. 



HYPHOLOMA CAPNOIDES = smoke. 

 The Gray-gilled Mushroom. 



Cap is reddish-brown, 1 to 3 inches broad, 

 fleshy, convex, then flattened, obtuse, dry, 

 smooth. The margin in our specimen was 

 slightly revolute. Flesh white. Stem 2 to 

 3 inches long, 2 to 4 lines thick, growing to- 

 gether at the base (connate), hollow, equal, 

 often curved, becoming silky, even, whitish at 

 apex, and here and there striate. Gills gray 

 color, adnate, easily separating, rather broad, 

 waxy. The name is given on account of the 

 smoke-colored gills. It is not common, and is 

 generally found on or about stumps in the au- 

 tumn. 



