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radicating character of the base of the stem and by the flesh not 

 assuming a reddish color. Its moist pileus places it among- the 

 Spongiosi rather than the Limacini among which 2\ Colossus is 

 placed. 



Hygrophana 



Pileus thin, subumbonate, hygrophanous, the flesh at first com- 

 pact, then soft, very thin toward the margin, moist or watery. 



Stem solid or stuffed . . . 1 



Stem hollow 4 



1. LamelLne whitish, often tinged with brown or violaceous 2 



1. Lamellae white or yellowish 3 



2. Stem less than one inch long brevipes. 



2. Stem one inch or more in length sordidum. 



3. Stem white Trentonense. 



3. Stem not white microcephalum. 



4. Pileus some shade of red 5 



4. Pileus grayish or brownish 6 



5. Lamellas whitish ... Sienna. 



5. Lamellae alutaceous thujinum. 



6. Lamellae cinereous putidum. 



6. Lamellae yellowish Hebeloma. 



Tricholoma brevipes Bull. 

 Short-stemmed Tricholoma 



(Hyru. Europ.. p. 75. Syl. Fune.. Vol. V, p. 135.) 



Pileus fleshy, convex becoming plane, rigid, then soft, glabrous, 

 umber or isabelline, becoming pale with age ; lamelhe close, ventri- 

 cose, emarginate, fuscous becoming whitish ; stem very short, solid, 

 firm, rigid, somewhat thickened at the base, fuscous ; spores ellip- 

 tical, .0003 in. long, .0002 broad. 



Pileus 1 to 2 in. broad ; stem 6 to 9 lines long, 2 to 3 lines thick. 



Fields and gardens. Albany county. October. * 



Tricholoma sordidum Fr. 



Sordid Tricholoma 



(Hym. Europ., p. 77. Syl. Fung., Vol. V, p. 139.) 



Pileus thin, campanulate or convex, then plane or centrally 

 depressed, sometimes with a small umbo, often irregular or eccen- 

 tric, glabrous, hygrophanous, brown with a reddish or violaceous 

 tint and striatulate on the margin when moist, sordid or subcinere- 

 ous when dry, flesh white ; lamellae thin, moderately close, rounded 

 or sinuately and slightly decurrent, violaceous whitish or fuligin- 



