Report oF THE BOTANIST. MS 
1. HyGROPHORUS CHRYSODON /7. 
Pileus fleshy, not thick, convex, then expanded, viscid 
when moist, white, the disk often yellowish, the margin dotted 
with little yellow floccose scales; lamelle subarcuate, decurrent, 
distant, white, sometimes faintly pinkish-tinged ; stipe equal 
or slightly attenuated below, solid, white, dotted with yellow 
floccose scales, especially toward the top. 
Height 2’—3’, breadth of pileus 1’—2’, stipe 2-4" thick. 
Pine woods. Bethlehem. November. 
The lamella are said to be crisped, and, when young, to 
have the edge yellow-floccose; but I have seen no such 
specimens. 
2. HYGROPHORUS PRATENSIS £7. 
Pileus convex, firm, even, smooth, moist, white; lamelle 
distant, rather thick, arcuate, decurrent, white or yellowish- 
white ; stipe nearly equal, smooth, firm, solid or stuffed, white. 
Height about 2’, breadth of pileus 6-18”, stipe 2” thick. 
Woods. North Elba. 
This is the white variety, growing in northern woods. The 
common form, with a turbinate pileus, of a fulvous or tawny 
color, and lamelle either white or concolorous, growing in 
meadows, I have not seen. I suspect a rigid division would 
separate our plant as a distinct species. 
*3. HyGROPHORUS CoNICcUS FY. 
Pileus thin, submembranaceous, fragile, smooth, conical, 
generally acute, sometimes obtuse, the margin often lobed ; 
lamelle rather close and broad, subventricose, narrower 
toward the stem, free, terminating in an abrupt tooth at 
the outer extremity, scarcely reaching the margin, yellow; 
stipe equal, fibrous-striate, yellow, hollow. 
Height 3’—6’, breadth of pileus 6”—-12”, stipe 1-2” thick. 
Ground in woods and open places. North Elba and Center. 
August — October. 
The color of the pileus is variable. I have taken specimens 
with it pale sulphur-yellow and others with it bright red or 
scarlet. The plant turns black in drying. 
* 4. HyGROPHORUS CERACEUS LY. 
Pileus thin, convex, becoming expanded, smooth, shining, 
viscid, yellow; lamelle distant, subemarginate, yellow ; stipe 
smooth, shining, viscid, hollow, more or less tapering, com- 
pressed or irregular, concolorous. 
[Assem. No. 133.] 15. 
