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Hygrophorus caprinus. Scop. 

 The Goat Hygrophorus. Edible. 



Caprinus means belonging to a goat; it is so called from the fibrils resem- 

 bling goat's hair. 



The pileus is two' to three inches broad, fleshy, fragile, conical, then flattened 

 and umbonate, rather wavy, sooty, fibrillose. 



The gills are very broad, quite distant, deeply decurrent, white, then 

 glaucous. 



The stem is two to four inches long, solid, fibrillose, sooty, often streaked 

 or striate, as will be seen in Figure 169, page 212. 



The spores are 10x7-8^. 



These plants grow in pine woods in company with H. fuligineus and H. 

 flavodiscus. The specimen on the right in Figure 169 was found near West 

 Gloucester, Mass., by Brs. Blackford. It is found from September till hard frost. 



Hygrophorus Laura. Morg. 



This is a beautiful plant, found among leaves, and so completely covered 

 with particles of leaves and soil that it is hard to clean them off. They are very 

 viscid, both stem and cap. They are only occasionally found in our state. 



The pileus is two to three inches broad; reddish-brown in the center, 

 shading to a very light tan on the edges ; very viscid ; convex ; margin at first 

 slightly incurved, then expanded. 



The gills are adnate, slightly decurrent, not crowded, unequal, yellowish. 



The stem is stuffed, tapering downward, whitish, furfuraceotis near the cap. 



I have found this plant in Poke Hollow, near Chihicothe, on several occa- 

 sions, also in Gallia county, Ohio. I have not found it elsewhere in this vicinity. 

 While I have not found it in sufficient quantity to try it I have no doubt of its 

 edible qualities. I have found it only about the last of September and the first 

 of October. It grows in rather dense woods on the north sides of the hills, 

 where it is constantly shaded and damp. Named in honor of Prof. Morgan's wife. 



Hygrophorus micro pus. Ph. 



Short-stemmed Hygrophorus. Edible. 



Micropus means short-stemmed. The pileus is thin, fragile, convex or cen- 

 trally depressed, umbilicate ; silky, gray, often with one or two narrow zones on 

 the margin ; taste and odor farinaceous. 



