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Hygrophorus virgineus ( Wulf.) Fr. 

 White Hygrophorus 



PLATE 52, fig. 8-12 



Pileus fleshy, convex, often becoming plane or centrally depressed, 

 sometimes irregular or wavy on the thin margin, moist, white, flesh white, 

 taste mild ; lamellae thick, distant, decurrent, white ; stem firm, smooth, 

 solid, equal or tapering downward, white ; spores elliptic, .00025 to .0003 

 of an inch long, .0002 broad. 



This species is white in all its parts and when regular and well formed 

 is a pretty mushroom. But the large specimens are apt to be irregular. 

 The cap is thick and fleshy except at the margin, and, though it may be 

 moist, it is not viscid. In the European plant its surface sometimes cracks 

 into small areas and becomes floccose when dry, but I have not seen these 

 features in the American plant. The spores in our plant are generally a 

 little smaller than those of the European plant. 



The stem is sometimes thickened upward and enlarges as it enters the 

 cap. The cap is 1 to 3 inches broad ; the stem 1 to 2 inches long, 3 to 5 

 lines thick. It is found in grassy ground and pastures in wet weather from 

 July to October. It sometimes occurs in meadows, where it is overshadowed 

 by tall grass. I know of no other wholly white indigenous hygrophorus 

 that grows in such places. Its flesh is less tender than that of the preceding 

 species, but it is a good mushroom and one that would be more useful if 

 more abundant, and more eagerly sought if better known. 



Lactarius chelidonium Pk. 



Celandine Lactarius 



PLATE 53, fig. 1-6 



Pileus convex, becoming nearly plane and umbilicate or centrally 

 depressed, grayish yellow or pale tawny, sometimes with a few narrow zones 

 on the margin, assuming- bluish green tints or stains when old ; lamellae 

 narrow, close, adnate or slightly decurrent, grayish yellow, milk saffron 

 color, scanty, mild ; stem short, nearly equal, hollow, colored like the pileus ; 

 spores yellowish, globose, .O003 of an inch in diameter. 



