Brown-spored Series 



Stem or ^A>^— Hollow, white, and slender. 1-3 inches long. 



Spores — Purplish brown, elliptical. 



Flesh — Tender. 



Time — Throughout a moist season. 



Habitat— \v\ clusters, in lawns, gardens, thin woods, and pastures. 



Brick Top (Edible) 



Hypholoma siiblaieritium 



Cap or Pileus — Brick red, with pale yellowish border. Surface 

 covered with fine silky fibres. Fleshy, firm, moist. 2>4-4 

 inches broad. 

 Stem or Stipe — Creamy when young, lower part slightly tinged 



with red. 

 Hollow or 

 stuffed. Silky 

 fibres on the 

 surface. lYz- 

 4 inches long. 



Gills or LamellcB — 

 Creamy 

 when young, 

 olive when 

 old. Attached 

 to stem at 

 innerextrem- 

 ity. Rather 

 n arrow, 

 crowded, un- 

 equal. 



Ring or Annuliis — 

 None. Rem- 

 nants of veil 

 often seen on 

 edge of cap. 



Spores — Brown. 



y^/<?j'/i— Creamy, 

 firm, bitter. 



Time — Septem- 

 ber. 



Habitat — The 

 specimen 

 photo- 

 graphed 

 grew in clus- 

 t e r s on a 

 mossy stump 



Section of II. sublateritium in the open. 



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