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1, Hygkopiiorus chrysodox Ft. 



Pileus fleshy, not thick, convex, then expanded, viscid 

 when moist, white, the disk often yellowish, the margin dotted 

 with little yellow floccose scales ; lamellse subarciiate, decurrent, 

 distant, white, sometimes faintly pinkish-tinged ; stipe equal 

 or slightly attenuated below, solid, white, dotted with yellow 

 floccose scales, especially toward the top. 



Height 2-3', breadth of pileus 1-2', stipe 2"- 4" thick. 



Pine woods. Bethlehem. November. 



The lamellae are said to be crisped, and, when young, to 

 have the edge yellow-floccose ; but I have seen no such 

 specimens. 



2. Hygrophorus pratensis Fr. 



Pileus convex, firm, even, smooth, moist, white ; lamellse 

 distant, rather thick, arcuate, decurrent, white or yellowish- 

 white ; stipe nearly equal, smooth, firm, solid or stuflfed, white. 



Height about 2', breadth of pileus 6"- IS", stipe 2" thick. 



Woods. North Elba. 



Tills is the white variety, growing in northern woods. The 

 common form, with a turbinate pileus, of a fulvous or tawny 

 color, and lamellse either white or concolorous, growing in 

 meadows, I have not seen. I suspect a rigid division would 

 separate our plant as a distinct species. 



*3. Hygrophorus coxicus Ft. 



Pileus thin, submembranaceous, fragile, smooth, conical, 

 generally acute, sometimes obtuse, the margin often lobed ; 

 lamellge rather close and broad, subventricose, narrower 

 toward the stem, free, terminating in an abrupt tooth at 

 the outer extremity, scarcely reaching the margin, yellow ; 

 stipe equal, fibrous- striate, yellow, hollow. 



Height 3'- 6', breadth of pileus 6"- 12", stipe ]"-2"thick. 



Ground in woods and open places. North Elba and Center. 

 August - October. 



The color of the pileus is variable. I have taken specimens 

 with it pale sulphur-yellow and others with it bright red or 

 scarlet. The plant turns black in drying. 



* 4. Hygrophorus ceraceus Fr. 



Pileus thin, convex, becoming expanded, smooth, shining, 

 viscid, yellow ; lamellae distant, subemarginate, yellow ; stipe 

 smooth, shining, viscid, hollow, more or less tapering, com- 

 pressed or irregular, concolorous. 



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