White-spored Series 



Ivory Hygrophorus (Edible) 



Hygrophorus eburneus (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 87) 



Cap or Pileus White; 



1-3 inches, thin, 



fleshy, viscid. 

 Stem or Stipe White, 



unequal, long, 



slender, stuffed, 



or hollow; viscid. 

 Gills or Lamella 



White, waxy, 



unequal, distant, 



growing down 



the stem (decur- 



rent), thick and 



firm. 

 Volva and Annulus 



Wanting. 

 Spores White. 

 Flesh Odour and 



taste grateful. 

 Time September. 

 Habitat The speci- 

 men photographed was found growing among moss and fallen 



leaves in dense wood, Lake Placid. 



GENUS ARMILLARIA 



The members of this genus have white spores, and the gills 

 attached by the inner extremity to the stem. The stem has a 

 collar, but no wrapper at the base. The name is derived from the 

 Latin armilla, a bracelet, referring to the ring upon the stem. 



Honey-coloured Armillaria (Edible) 



Armillaria mellea (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 70) 



Cap or Pileus Colour from almost white to dark reddish brown. 

 Young plants have numerous minute tufts or scales of 

 brownish or blackish hairs. Margins sometimes striated. 

 1-6 inches broad. 





Section of H. eburneus 



Eb-tir'-ne'-fis 



Xr'-mH-la'-rM 



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MCNS4 



