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Hypholoma sublateritium (Schaeff.) Vv. 



IIRICK RED IlVI•Jl()L()^rA 

 Syllogc V, p. 1 028 



Pilcus fleshy, convex or nearly plane, glabrous, obtuse, dry, dark 

 ])rick red, often paler on the margin, flesh whitish or yellowish, 

 taste commonly bitter, sometimes mild ; lamellae close, adnate, 

 whitish becoming sooty olivaceous or purplish brown ; stem ecjual 

 or tapering downward near the base, glabrous or slightly fibrillose, 

 stuffed, sometimes becoming hollow when old, ferruginous ; spores 

 6-8 ,"• long, 3-4 ," broad. 



Pileus 2.5-7.5 cm broad; stem 5-9 cm long, 4-12 mm thick. 



Commonly cespitose. On or about old stumps, prostrate trunks 

 of trees and on decaying wood covered with earth. August to 

 November. Common. Edible. Occasionally several stems grow 

 from a common base. 



Hypholoma sublateritium squamosum Cke. 

 Pileus spotted with appressed darker scales, otherwise like the 

 type. This variety is rare, having been found but once. Piseco, 

 Hamilton co. August. 



Hypholoma perplexum Pk. 



PERPLEXING ITYPHOLOMA 

 N. Y. State Cab. Rep't 23, p.99. Mus. Mem. 4, p. 166, pl.6o, fig. 10-17 



Pileus convex or nearly plane, sometimes umbonate, glabrous, 

 reddish or brownish red, usually yellowish on the margin, flesh 

 white or whitish, taste mild; lamellae thin, close, slightly rounded 

 behind, adnexed, i)ale yellow becoming tinged with green, finally 

 purplish brown; stem rather slender, equal or nearly so, firm, 

 hollow, slightly fibrillose, whitish or yellowish above, reddish brown 

 below ; spores 6-8 // long, 3-4 //. broad. 



Pileus 2.5-7 cm broad ; stem 5-7 cm long, 4-8 mm thick. 



Generally cespitose. On or about stumps or prostrate trunks of 

 trees in woods or open places. Common. August to November. 

 Edible. . 



This is very closely related to the preceding species, its dis- 

 tinguishing features being its commonly smaller size, paler margin 

 of the pileus, mild taste, paler and more slender stem which is 

 always hollow, even when young. A small form of it has been 

 found by F. C. Stewart growing from the base of cultivated red 

 currants. This may indicate a parasitic tendency of it. 



