Agaricaceae 



Hyphoioma. It appears in autumn, and continues until freezing weather stops its 

 growth. It is a very common species, as well as a late one, and may 

 often be gathered in large quantity. Its flavor is not first quality, but 

 with good preparation it makes a very acceptable dish. It has been 

 tested by myself and correspondents several times, and has been proved 

 harmless. Peck, 49th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



West Virginia, 1881-1885; New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsyl- 

 vania, October to January. On stumps, roots, ground containing de- 

 cayed woody matter. Mcllvaine. 



H. perplexum is abundant in most if not all the states. I have eaten 

 it and its allied species since 1881 ; dried them, pickled them, and fed 

 them to many. If the collector gets puzzled, as he will, over one or 

 all of these species, because no description fits, he can whet his patience 

 and appetite by calling it H. perplexum and graciously eating it. 



H. capnoi'des Fr. Gr. like smoke, from the color of the gills. 

 Pileus I in. sometimes 3 in. broad, ochraceous-yellowisJi, fleshy, convex, 

 then flattened, obtuse, dry, smooth. Flesh somewhat thin, white. Stem 

 23 in. long, 24 lines thick, growing together at the base, hollow, 

 equal, often curved and flexuous, becoming silky-even, pallid, whitish at 

 the apex, here and there striate, becoming rust-colored under the surface- 

 covering when old. Cortina appendiculate, white, then becoming 

 brownish-purple. Gills adnate, easily separating, somewhat crowded, 

 rather broad, arid, at first bluish-gray then becoming brownish-purple. 



Cespitose, fasciculate; odor and taste mild. On pine-stumps. Un- 

 common. Fries. 



Spores ellipsoid-spheroid, 7x5/4 K.; elliptical, brownish-purple, 8x4^ 

 Massee. 



California, H. and M.; Minnesota, not necessarily in fir-woods, Jolm- 

 son; New York, on or about stumps or decaying wood of spruce. Peck, 

 50th Rep. 



Haddonfield, N. J., 1894. Pine roots and stumps, and on ground. 

 Cespitose. September to frost. Mcllvaine. 



A pretty species with caps up to \% in. across. Stem 2-4 in. long, 

 %% in. thick, growing together (connate). The taste and smell are 

 pleasant. The basket is soon filled from its clusters. There is not a 

 better Hyphoioma. The slightly soapy taste which attaches to most of 

 the abundant and better known species is absent in this. 



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