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squamules; lamellae subdistant, adnate or slightly decurrent, whit- 

 ish; stem equal, solid, white, roughened by purplish squamules, 

 sometimes with slight traces of a veil near the top; spores .00024 

 of an inch long, .00016 broad. 



Pileus 1.5-3 inches broad; stem 1-2 inches long, 3-6 lines thick. 



Gregarious, under pine trees. Albany county. October. Very 

 rare. Found but once. Our specimens differ slightly from the 

 typical form, the pileus being fibrillose rather than squamulose and 

 the lamellae are whitish, not purplish. There is a partial webby 

 veil which forms a slight but mostly evanescent annulus. This 

 species 'and H. capreolarius are less viscid tlian the other 

 members of this subgenus here described. The spore dimensions 

 are from American specimens. 



Hygrophorus pudorinus Fr. 



BLUSHING HYGROPHORUS 



State Mus. Bui. 67, p. 41, pi. 83, fig. 1-6. 



Pileus fleshy, firm, convex becoming nearly plane, glabrous, viscid 

 when moist, pinkish buff or pale flesh color, flesh white, taste mild ; 

 lamellae distant, adnate or decurrent, white ; stem equal or pointed 

 at the base, solid, white or whitish, with white points at the top ; 

 spores elliptic, .0003-.0004 of an inch long, .00016-.0002 broad. 



Pileus 2-4 inches broad; stem 2-5 inches long. 6-10 lines thick. 



Gregarious or cespitose. Commonly under spruce or balsam fir 

 trees. Essex county. September. Edible. This is a beautiful 

 species, generally free from the attacks of insect larvae, attractive 

 in appearance and of excellent flavor. It is a first-class edible mush- 

 room. The plant referred to. Hygrophorus q u e 1 e t i i 

 Bres. in State Museum Report 42, page 23 is now believed to be 

 only a form of this species and it is therefore omitted. 



Hygrophorus speciosus Pk. 



SHOWY HYGROPHORUS 



State Mus. Rcp't 29, 1878; p. 43, pi. 2, fig. 1-5. State Mus. Mem. 3, p. 148, 



pi. SI, fig. 21-28. 



Pileus ovate or subconic becoming broadly convex or nearly 

 plane, often with a small blunt or acute umbo, glabrous, very vi.scid 

 or glutinous, bright red or scarlet when young, or red in the center, 

 yellow on the margin, sometimes fading and becoming wholly yellow, 

 flesh white, pale yellow under the separable pellicle ; lamellae dis- 



