THE PURPLE-BROW N-SPORBD AGARICS 



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Hypholoma appendiculatum. Bull. 

 The Appendiculate Hypholoma. Edible. 



Appendiculatum, a small appendage. This is so called from the fragments 

 of the veil adhering to the margin of the cap. 



The pileus is thin, ovate, expanded, watery, when dry, covered with dry 

 atoms ; margin thin and often split, with a white veil ; the color when moist dark- 

 brown, when dry nearly white, often with floccose scales on the cap. 



The gills are firmly attached to the stem, crowded, white, then rosy-brown, 

 and at length dingy-brown. 



The stem is hollow, smooth, equal, white, fibrous, mealy at the apex. The 

 veil is very delicate and only seen in quite young plants. 



The plant grows in the spring and the summer and is found on stumps and 

 sometimes on lawns. It is a favorite mushroom with those who know it. The 

 plant can be dried for winter use and retains its flavor to a remarkable degree. 



Hypholoma candolleanum, Fr., resembles the H. appendiculatum in many 

 features, but the gills are violaceous, becoming cinnamon-brown and in old plants 

 nearly free from the stem. It 

 has more substance. The caps, 

 however, are very tender and 

 delicious. Found in clusters. 



Hypholoma lachrymabundum. 

 Fr. 



The Weeping Hypholoma. 



Lachrymabundum full of 

 tears. This plant is so called be- 

 cause in the morning or in damp 

 weather the edge of the gills re- 

 tain very minute drops of water. 

 The plant in Figure 263 was 

 photographed in the afternoon 

 yet there can be seen a number 

 of these minute drops. 



The pileus is fleshy, companu- 

 late, then convex, sometimes 

 broadly umbonate, spotted with 

 hairy scales; flesh white. 



The gills are closely attached 



Figure 263. Hypholomo lachrymabundum. 

 Two-thirds natural size. 



