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The; AprENDicui^ATE Hyphoi^oma (Ediblt^) 

 H\p]}olouia af^pciidiciilatiim Bull. 



Hypliolouia appcndiciilatuui occurs from ]\Iay to October in lawns, 

 gardens, pastures, etc., and also in the woods. It is usually found in 

 the immediate vicinity of trees or bushes, though not always. The 

 plants grow either scattered or clustered and sometimes are very abun- 

 dant. 



The cap is 3 to 8 cm. ( i to 3 inches ) broad. It is thin and fragile, 

 at first convex, then expanded, and often with radiating wrinkles on 

 the surface. The color is whitish, often yellowish toward the center, 

 and the thin margin is sometimes tinged with purple. The margin is 

 sometimes wavv and is often adorned with fragments of the white, 

 woolly veil. When dry the cap is opaque, and when moist it is nearly 

 transparent. In dry weather it often splits radially. 



The gills are thin, narrow, close together, and attached to the stem. 

 They are at first whitish but l)ecome purplish I)rown as the spores 

 mature. The edges are often uneven. The spores are purple-brown. 



The stem is 3 to 10 cm. (T to 4 inches) long, cylindrical, usually 

 straight, slender, hollow, easily splitting, white, and smooth or slightly 

 scurfy toward the top. There is no ring normally, and no volva. 

 Sometimes, however, the veil remains partly or entirely on the stem,, 

 forming a more or less definite ring. 



The plant is small Init its abundance often makes up for its small 

 size. The caps are verv tender and good. 



Hypliolouia Candollcaniiui and Hypholouia inccrtum are both 

 closely related to H. appcndicitlatuin if not identical with it. It is, at 

 least, not a serious thing to mistake one for another of these three 

 species when collecting for the table, since all are equally good. 



Collected in Champaign county. 



