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B. Veil none, plant fragile, 

 a. Lamellae not ventricose. 



3. H. CERACECS, Wulf. — Fragile. Pileus thin, convexo-planc, obtuse, 

 a little striate, viscid, 'wax\-, sliining. Stipe hollow, unequal, wax)', 

 shining. LamelliB adnate, sonievviiat clecurrent, distant, broad, almost 

 triangidar, yellow. Spores .0063X.0046 mm. 



In many places in meadows and pastures. Pilous about 1 inch 

 broad, stipe 2-3 in. long. Stipe often flexuous, afterward compressed 

 of the same color as the pileus at the apex, paler at the base. Lam- 

 ellae very broad, f of an inch, connected by veins. 



4. H. cocciNEus, Schseflf. — Fragile. Pileus thin, convex, obtuse, 

 glabrous, scarlet then expalleut. Stipe hollow, compressed, yellowish, 

 scarlet above. Lamelke adnate, decurrent by a tooth, venose connected 

 variously colored. Spores .00G8x.004:0 mm. 



In meadows and pastures. Pileus 1-2 in. broad, stipe 1-2 in, long. 

 An elegant plant; pileus unequal, soft, at length yellowish. Lamellae 

 when mature purple at the base, yellow in the middle, the edge glaucous. 



b. Lamellce v,entricose. 



5. H. PDNiCEUS, Fr. — Fragile. Pileus thin, campanulate, obtuse, re- 

 pand, even, viscid, scarlet then expallent. Stipe hollow, thick, ven- 

 tricose, striate, the base white. Lamellae slightly attached, thick, dis- 

 tant, yellow. 



In meadows and pastures. Pileus 2-4 in. in diameter; stipe about 

 3 in. long, -^-I in. thick, attenuated both ways. 



6. H. coNicus, Scop. — Fragile. Pileus somewhat membranaceous, 

 conic, acute, glabrous, often lobed. at length exi)anded and rimose. 

 Stipe hollow, cylindric, flbrose-striate. Lamellae attenuate-free, ven- 

 tricuse, thin, rather close. Spores .OIOX.OOG mm. 



In wet places in woods. Pileus 1-2 in. high, acutely conic, variously 

 waved and lobed; stipe 3-4 in. long. The whole plant turns black 

 when broken or bruised; its colors are various orange, yellow, scarlet, 

 etc., often blended together. 



7. H. CHLORopiiANUS, Fr.- -Fragile. Pileus somewhat membranace- 

 ous, convex, obtuse, somewhat lobed, striate, viscid. Stipe hollow, 

 equal, even, viscid. LamelhB attached, ventricose, thin, rather distant, 

 whitish. 



Amongst grass and mosses. Pileus about an inch in diameter, 

 commonl}' bright sulphur-yellow; stipe 2-3 in. long, smooth, viscid 

 when moist, shining when dry, yellow; lamellae emarginate-free at 



