REPORT OF THE STATE liOTAXlST KjlO 79 



Hypholoma capnoides Fr. 



FIR \\ "OOD HYPHOLOMA 

 Sylloge V, p. 1028 



I'ileus fleshy, convex or nearly plane, obtuse, glabrous, dry, yel- 

 lowish, often reddish or ochraceous in the center, flesh white, odor 

 and taste mild ; lamellae moderately close, adnate, dry, smoky 

 gray becoming purplish or brown ; stem equal or nearly so, silky, 

 striate at the top, sometimes curved or flexuous, hollow, pallid ; 

 spores 7-8 !'■ long, 4-5 ,"■ broad. 



Pileus 2.5-4 cm broad ; stem 4-7 cm long. 4-6 mm thick. 



Single or cespitose. On or about pine and spruce stumi)s or 

 prostrate trunks. Adirondack mountains and Albany co. ]\lay to 

 September. Rare. 



The Friesian description ascribes only yellowish and ochraceous 

 colors to tlic pileus of this species, but in our specimens the center 

 of the pileus is often reddish or orange tintCvl. 'i'his color is also 

 shown in the figures of the species as given in Icones, plate 133. 

 and in Illustrations of IJritish b'ungi, plate 559. The mature 

 lamellae of the typical form are described as puri)lish, but in our 

 specimens they are brown with no apparent jmrplish tint. We 

 have not thought it best to separate our plant on account of this 

 slight deviation from the description of the color of the mature 

 lamellae of the Euro[)ean form of the species. 



Floccosa 



I'ileus silky or adorned when young with superficial floccose 

 scales. This section at present is represented in our State by two 

 species only. 



KEY TO THK SPECIES 



Pileus silky or fibrilloscly spotted aggregatum 



Pileus floccosely scaly fragile 



Hypholoma aggregatum Pk. 



AGGREGATED HYPHOLOMA 

 X. Y. State Mus. Anu. Rep't 46, p. 106; Botanist's ed. p. 26 

 Pileus thin, convex or subcampanulate, obscurely spotted Ijy ap- 

 pressed brownish fibrils, grayish white, flesh w bite ; lamellae sub- 

 distant, rounded behind, adnexed, whitish becoming brown or 



