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Hygrophorus fuligineus Frost 

 Sooty Hygrophorus 



PLATE 50, fig. y-I2 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, glabrous, very viscid or glutinous, gray- 

 ish brown or fuliginous, the disk often darker or almost black ; lamellae sub- 

 distant, adnate or decurrent, white ; stem solid, viscid or glutinous, white or 

 whitish ; spores elliptic, .0003 to .00035 of an inch long, .0002 broad. 



The sooty hygrophorus resembles the club stemmed clitocybe in the 

 color of its cap but in nearly every other respect it is different. When moist 

 the cap is covered with an abundant gluten which when dry gives it a shin- 

 ing appearance as if varnished. The color varies from grayish brown to a 

 very dark or sooty brown with the central part usually still darker or almost 

 black, but never with an umbo. The flesh and the gills are white. The 

 stem also is white or but slightly shaded toward the base with the color of 

 the cap. It is variable in length and shape, being long or short, straight or 

 crooked, everywhere equal in thickness or tapering toward the base. It is 

 glutinous and unpleasant to handle. 



The cap is 1 to 4 inches broad ; the stem 2 to 4 inches long and 4 to 8 

 lines thick. The plants grow either singly or in tufts. In the latter case 

 the caps are often irregular from mutual pressure. 



The plants occur in October and November in pine woods or woods of 

 pine and hemlock intermixed. 



This mushroom is tender and of excellent flavor, but its cuticle with its 

 sticky and often dirty covering should be peeled away before cooking. 



Hygrophorus laricinus Pk. 

 Larch Hygrophorus 



PLATE 51,7%'. I-1S 



Pileus fleshy, convex or nearly plane, viscid when moist, reddish, tawny 

 red or grayish red, flesh white, slightly yellowish under the adnate cuticle ; 

 lamellae distant, adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish ; stem equal, firm, 

 hollow, white; spores elliptic, .00024 to .0003 of an inch long, .00016 to 

 .0002 broad. 



