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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Hygrophorus marginatus. Pk. 

 Margined Hygrophorus. Edible. 



Marginatus, so called from the frequent vermilion edged gills. 



The pileus is thin, fragile, convex, subcampanulate or nearly plane, often 

 irregular, sometimes broadly umbonate, glabrous, shining, striatulate on the 

 margin, bright golden-yellow. 



The gills are rather broad, subdistant, ventricose, emarginate, adnexed, 

 yellow, sometimes becoming orange or vermilion on the edge, interspaces venose. 



The stem is fragile, glabrous, often flexous, compressed or irregular, hollow, 

 pale-yellow ; spores broadly elliptic, .00024-.0003 of an inch long, .00024-.0002 

 broad. Peck, N. Y., 1906. 



This plant has the most beautiful yellow I have ever seen in a mushroom. 

 This bright golden yellow and the orange or vermilion color on the margin or 

 edge of the gills will always characterize the plant. 



The specimen in Figure 173 were sent to me by Mrs. Blackford, of Boston, 

 Mass., the last of August. They were not in the best condition when photo- 

 graphed. 



Hygrophorus ceraceus. Fr. 



The Wax-like Hygrophorus. Edible. 



Ceraceus is from ccra, wax. The pileus is one inch and less broad, waxy- 

 yellow, shining, fragile, thin, occasionally subumbonate, slightly fleshy, slightly 



striate. 



The gills are firmly attached to 

 the stem, subdecurrent, distant, 

 broad, ventricose often connected 

 with veins, almost triangular, yellow. 



The stem is one to two inches 

 long, hollow, often unequal, flexu- 

 ous, sometimes compressed, yellow, 

 occasionally orange at the base, 

 waxy. The spores 8x6/*. 



This is a very beautiful, fragile 

 plant, usually found growing in the 

 grass. It is easily distinguished by 

 Its waxy yellow color. The plants 

 photographed were found on the 

 Ceitieter) Hilt They are found 

 " H wIx P y h ;e r now eracCUS - ' from August to October. 





