CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICS L70 



rous, apes with white dota or squamules, aol annulate, white often 

 becoming dingy in age. ODOB and TASTE mild. SPORES cylin 

 drical-elliptic, smooth, 6-8x4-5.5 micr. BASIDIA Blender, t-spored, 

 tO l-\7 micr. 



Gregarious or subcaespitose in woods, thickets, etc., often among 

 grass. October-November. Frequent. Ann Arbor and probablj 

 i liroughou i the State. 



Var. unicolor Pk. This is s;iii| in differ by ii> solid stem and 

 change of color on drying, li was referred by Peck to //" laurou 

 as a variety, [f ii is distinct :it all it appears i<» !>«• better to attach 

 ii in //. i hnni< us. Gillel says the si cm of //. < burru us is Bolid or hoi 

 low. There is so much variation in this reaped in our plants some 

 having ;i persistenl pith and appearing solid, and others becoming 

 hollow — that ii seems t<> me besl to merge the variety in the Bpecies. 

 Berkeley notes thai sometimes the English plants turn "fox-red In 

 parts" when they decay. 



Var. decipiens l'k. is closely related t<» the preceding variety, i>ut 

 is caespitose and the gills are said to remain white. It w;is also 

 attached to //. laurae by Peck. 



All these have a uniform white color when young or fresh, and 

 are provided with a hyaline glutinous, universal veil which makes 

 the cap and stem slippery and difficull to pull up or to handle 

 The shining pileus when dry reminds one of Tricholoma resplendi ns, 

 hut the pileus averages smaller than in that species, and the Btem 

 is glutinous. Eygrophorus rubropunctus Pk. is also said to be :i 

 white plant, hut differs from the preceding by its stem being floo- 

 COSe-toinentose helow the glutinous anuulus. and studded at the 

 apes with drops of moisture which in diving form glandular red 

 dots; its Mem is short hut thick; ami the spores measure 7.5 L0x5-6 

 mice. It has not been detected by me in Michigan. These white 

 forms are all closely allied, and may he considered variations of 

 one species. 



157. Hygrophorus laurae Mori;. I'.miui 

 Cincinnati Boc. Nat. Hist.. Vol. 6, L883. 

 Illustrations: [bid, PL 9. 



Peck, X. V. State Bins. Hull. 54, 1*1. 77. 1902. 

 Bard, Mushrooms, Pig. L70, p. 21 I. L908. 

 Murrill, Mycologia, Vol. 2, PI. 27, Pig. L0. 



PILEUS 3-10 fin. broad, convex-expanded or depressed on disk, 



