THE WH1TE-SP0RED AGARICS 



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The stem is unequal, sometimes long and sometimes short; stuffed, then 

 hollow, tapering downward, punctate above with granular scales. Odor and taste 

 are rather pleasant. It is found in woods and pastures in all parts of Ohio, but 

 it is not plentiful anywhere. I have found it only in damp woods about Chillicothe. 

 August to October. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 

 Figure 164. Hygrophorus eburneus. 



Hygrophorus cossits. Sozv. 



Cossus, because it smells like the caterpillar, Cossus ligniperda. 



The pileus is small, quite viscid, shining when dry, white with a yellow tinge, 

 edge naked, very strong-scented. 



The gills are somewhat decurrent, thin, distant, straight, firm. 



The stem is stuffed, nearly equal, scurvy-punctate upwards. Spores 8x4. 

 Found in the woods. The strong smell will serve to identify the species. 



