﻿322 Peck : New Species of Fungi 



little paler ; spores minute, broadly elliptical, 4 fi long, almost 



as broad. 



Pileus 1.2-3.5 cm. broad; stem about 2.5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. 



thick. 



Grassy ground and lawns. November. Washington, D. C. 



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the pileus is not striate as in that fungus. The taste is very dis- 

 agreeable and remains in the mouth a long time. Two persons 

 were made ill by eating it, but their sickness lasted only about 

 three hours. 



Hygrophorus sordidus. 



Pileus broadly convex or nearly plane, glabrous, slightly vis- 

 cid, white, but usually defiled by adhering dirt, the margin at first 

 strongly involute, then spreading or reflexed, flesh firm when 

 young, tough when old ; lamellae subdistant, adnate or decurrent, 

 white or creamy white ; stem short, firm, solid, white ; spores el- 

 liptical, 6.5-7.5 P l° n g> 4-5 ! l broad. 



Pileus 5-10 cm. broad; stem 5-10 cm. long, 1.2-2 cm. thick. 



Pine woods, Tacoma Park, D. C. November. Mrs. Williams. 



A cobwebby veil is sometimes perceptible in young plants. 

 The species is distinguished from H. penarius by its clear white 

 color, though this is commonly obscured by the adhering dirt that 

 is carried up in the growth of the fungus. 



Hygrophorus amygdalinus. 



Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, glabrous, slightly visa 

 when young, grayish-brown, the margin incurved, naked, odor 

 amygdaline; lamellae thin, subdistant, adnate or decurrent, white. 

 stem rather long, slender, solid, equal or rarely narrowed at the 

 base, minutely scurfy or squamulose, slightly viscid, grayish- 

 brown, paler at the base; spores oblong-elliptical, IO-I2.5 P 

 long, 5-6. 5 fi. broad. 



Pileus 2.5-3.5 cm - broad ; stem 5-1 5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick- 



Gregarious in pine woods, Tacoma Park, D. C. Novembe . 



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separated by its thinner grayish-brown pileus, its white lame 

 with no pinkish hue, its grayish-brown stem and its larger spo 



