Agaricaceee 



Hygrophorus. Haddonfield, N. J., 1890. It is well flavored but in texture is not of 

 first quality. 



H. pena'rius Fr. penus, food. Pileus tan-color, opaqiie, fleshy, 

 especially when young, at first umbonate, then very obtuse, hemis- 

 pherical then flattened, even, smooth, commonly dry, margin at first 

 involute, exceeding the gills, undulated when flattened. Flesh thick, 

 hard, whitish, unchangeable. Stem curt, I }'* in. or more long, about 

 y% in. thick at the apex, solid, compact, hard, attenuated at the base 

 into a spindlc-sliaped root, ventricose to the neck, again attenuated 

 upward or wholly fusiform-attenuated, pale-white, smeared with tena- 

 cious, easily dried slime, warty. Flesh firm, but externally more rigid, 

 cuticle somewhat fragile. Veil not conspicuous. Gills adnato-decurrent, 

 acute behind, distant, thick, 3-4 lines broad, veined, tan inclining to 

 pale. Fries. 



Odor pleasant, taste sweet. The fusiform root is as long as the stem. 



In mixed woods. Stevenson. 



Spores 7-8x4-5/A. 



Edible. Cooke. 



Large specimens occurred in mixed woods, in November, 1898, at 

 Mt. Gretna. The caps varied from I >-5 in. across. The color was 

 white, tinged with yellow, much lighter than described. The caps look 

 coarse and the stems are not inviting ; but the caps have a pleasant odor. 

 When stewed for twenty minutes they are meaty and tasty. 



** Reddish. 



H. erubes'cens Fr. erubesco, to become red. Pileus 2-4 in. and more 

 broad, white becoming everywhere red, fleshy, gibbous then convexo- 

 plane, viscid, adpressedly dotted with sqnamules or becoming smooth, 

 sometimes wholly compact, sometimes thin towards the margin which 

 is at the first naked. Flesh firm, white. Stem sometimes short, robust, 

 2 in. long, i in. thick and attenuated upward, sometimes elongated, 4 

 in. long, equal or attenuated at the base, solid, flexuous, with red fibrils, 

 dotted with red upward. Gills decurrent, distant, soft, white, with red 

 spots. Fries. 



Veil none. The ground color is white, as it is also internally, but it 



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