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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Hygrophorus fuligineus. Frost. 

 Sooty Hygrophorus Edible. 



Fuligineus means sooty or smoky. 



The pileus is one to four inches broad, convex or nearly plane, glabrous, 

 very viscid or glutinous, grayish-brown or fuliginous, the disk often darker or 

 almost black. 



The gills are subdistant, adnate or decurrent, white. 



Figure 169. Hygrophorus fuligineus. Natural size. Specimen on the right is II. caprinus. 



The stem is two to four inches long, solid, viscid or glutinous, white or 

 whitish. The spores are elliptic, .0003 to .00035 f an " lcn l n g> .0002 broad. 

 Peck, No. 4, Vol. 3. 



This species is found frequently associated with H. flavodiscus, which it 

 resembles very closely, save in color. When moist, the cap and stems are cov- 

 ered with a thick coating of gluten, and when the caps are dry this gives them 

 a varnished appearance. I do not find them abundant here. The plants in 

 Figure 169 were found by Mrs. Blackford near West Gloucester. Mass. They 

 are found October and November. 



