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edge of the gills exudes drops. Pound in the same woods as the 

 type. 



Form sphagnophihi/m: These plants grew <»n dense sphagnum. 

 PILEUS IT cm. broad. STEM 7-9 cm. i>\ 5 s dam. There are 1 1 « > 

 cystidia <>n the sides of the gills; the sterile cells on the edge are 

 Blender, slightly thickened below, cylindrical above. The edge of 

 the gills distils drops. The odor, when the plants are fresh, is sim- 

 ilar to alcohol ethers. Otherwise as the type. See Plate XCVII of 

 this Report. 



The iimst striking characteristic of this species and its varieties is 

 their habil of distilling drops from the gills when Fresh or moist. 

 In this respect it Imitates //. fastibile, bu1 lacks the cortina and 

 has more crowded gills. It is considered poisonous, and is said to 

 be called ••poison-pie'" in England, no doubt because the color of the 

 cap simulates a baked pie crust. In dry weather it is easily confused 

 with other species, and the occurence of the forms mentioned above 

 shows thai ii needs further study. It does n<»i seem to be as com- 

 mon here as in Europe. 



502. Hebeloma hiemale Bres. 



Fungi Tridentini, 1892. 

 Illustration : [bid, PL 160. 



"PILEUS rather fleshy, 2-4.5 cm. broad, convex-subhemispherical 



then plane and gibbons or depressed, viscid, glabrous, margin at 

 tirst involute and while flocculose, pale alutaceous, marked by a 

 crustuline center <>r broad zone. GILLS crowded, white then argil- 

 laceous-subcinnamon, edge white-floccose, sinuate-adnate or adnexed 

 and almost free. STEM 2-3 cm. long, 5-7 nun. thick, white, becoming 

 yellowish below, smiled then somewhat hollow, equal, Bubfibrillost . 

 apex white-furfuraceous. Spores obversely pyriform, 12-13x6-7 

 micr., golden yellow under the microscope; basidia clavate, 30-35 \ 

 7-8 micr. ODOB scarcely any. TASTE somewhat bitter. 



"Approaching nearest t<> //. orustuliniforme, from which it diffi 

 by its constantly smaller stature and scarcely noticeable odor." 



The description is that of Bresadola, as my own notes are not 

 t'n 11 enough. It is with some hesitancy included under Michigan 



Species bul is said to occur in the 1'nited Stales and is easily con- 

 futed w iih the preceding. 1 1 is at lea si of value to make Bresadola's 

 description accessible in English. 



