78 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Hypholoma candolleanum Violet Hypholoma 



Plate 11:5 



Cap 5-11 cm. wide, brown to whitish or somewhat yellowish, smooth, bell- 

 shaped to convex or expanded , margin with cobwebby fragments of the veil ; s t e m 

 6-8 cm. by 4-8 mm., white, striate above, hollow, sometimes with a faint ring; 

 gills adnexed, then free, beautiful violet at first, the edge whitish, then brown, 

 crowded ; spores brownish, elliptic, 8 X ^f*- The name refers to the botanist 

 De Candolle. 



Clustered on the ground or on wood in the soil, summer and autumn ; excellent. 



Figure 46. Hypholoma appexdiculatum 

 Hypholoma incertum White Hypholoma 



Cap 2-5 cm. wide, white or whitish, vellowish on the disk. sm(ji>th. more or 

 less furrowed, bell-shaped to convex or plane, the margin adorned with fragments, 

 of the veil when young; stem 4-8 cm. by 2-5 mm., white, mealy above, hollow; 

 gills adnexed, whitish, finally pink-brown, narrow, crowded ; spores purple- 

 brown, elliptic, 8 X 5/x. The name refers to its similarity to the preceding and 

 the following. 



In groups or clusters on the ground, in woodland or in openings, spring to 

 autiunn : excellent. 



Hypholoma appendiculatum Brown Hypholoma 



Cap 4-7 cm. wide, brown, brownish or yellowish, smooth, bell-shaped to con- 

 vex or plane, the margin with fragments of the veil: stem 6-8 cm. by 4-7 mm.. 



