CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 

 (dd ) Stem Blender, 1 3.6 nun. thick. 



(e) Pileus conical, then campanulate. 

 ( r i Pileus Bbrlllose-halry, Fuscous t<> amber, 

 (g) stem slender, with delicate white zones, fui 



i h i Spores 10-12x6-6.5 mlcr. 429. C. lliopodiua Pr. 

 (lihi spores 6-8 x 1-6 mlcr. 439. 0. paleaceut Pr. 

 (gg) stem ahorl annulate by Blngle median whitish zone, 

 luscescent. 431. C. impolitus sp. nov. 

 lit") Pileus glabrous, or soon glabrous. 



(g) Pileus not hygrophanous, chestnut color; BDOres larj 



16-16 inicr. long. 398. C. aeridpes Pk. 

 (gg) Pileus hygrophanous, watery-brown, fulvous <>r ch< 

 nut color at first. 

 (h) Stent attenuated-SUbrOOtlng, soon rigid, whitish and 



Bhlnlng when dry. 4a!). >'. s'-nmli-us Pr, 

 (hh ) Stem equal. 



(i) Stent "rubello"-tlnged or yellowish at first. 



(k) Stem pallid or mf ous-tinged ; pileus even, with 



blackish umbo. 457. c. decipiens Pr. 

 (kk) Stem yellowish at first; pileus striate when 

 moist. 4G2. C. ncutus Fr. 

 (ii) Stem not yellowish. 



(k) Growing on decayed wood, gills broad; stem 



cingulate. 460. C. lignarius Pk. 

 (kk) Not on decayed wood. 



(I) Gills narrow; pileus pale chestnut color when 



moist, spores 8-10 micr. long. 461. C. 

 acutoides Pk. 



(II) Gills rather broad; pileus watery-cinnamon 

 when moist; spores 7-8 micr. long. 45S. <'. 

 leueopua Pr. var. 



(ee) Pileus campanulate-convex to plane. 



(f) Pileus canescent with superficial fibrils. 438. C. hi mi- 



trichus Fr. 

 (ff) Pileus glabrous, chestnut-brown when moist 



(g) Pileus not hygrophanous, umbo blackish. 399. C. 



eostanellua Pk. 

 (gg) Pileus hygrophanous. 



(h) Spores 10-12 micr. long; stem 2-4 cm. long; Kills 

 at first yellowish, cream color or whitish. 

 C. bodius Pk. 

 (hh) Spores 6-7.5 micr. long, 

 (i) Gills rufous-cinnamon; stem tuscescent, with 



whitish median annulus. 436. 0. HffidUi Fr. 

 (ii) Gills yellowish or yellowish-cinnamon. Btem 

 pallid, spotted by subannular. white /.one- 127. 

 C. costaneoidea Pk. 



si BQENt 8 \l)'\ \<ll 1/ : Provided with a glutinous or viscid 

 universal veil; pileus and stem becoming polished by the drying of 

 the gluten. 



This group corresponds t<> the subgenus Limacium of the genus 

 Hygrophours. The entire plan! when young is covered by a differ- 

 entiated gelatinous layer which becomes glutinous in oioisl weather, 

 and which breaks np <>ii the stem sn as to leave shreds, patches 

 or rings of various degrees of defiuiteness. [n some s] ecies the glu- 



t inoUS renin an Is on I lie stent are vei*V thin and sill >eva Descent and not 



