Aguricaceae 



Hyphoioma. tinus, but firmer, truly fleshy, not hygrophanous. Bushy pastures. 

 Bethlehem. October. 



Our specimens do not agree in all respects with the published de- 

 scription of the species. The pileus is sometimes wholly destitute of 

 scales and sometimes densely clothed with hairy, erect ones. The species 

 is manifestly variable. Peck, 3Oth Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



" Like H. fascicularis in quality. Intensely irritant. It is bound with 

 the weight of its own guilt." Hay. 



This is a good specimen of Hay's comments. H. fascicularis is never 

 irritant, is good eating, is innocent. 



There is irony in the comment of Dr. Cooke: "This doubtful spe- 

 cies is used by the smaller ketchup makers." 



I have not seen this species. When I do I shall eat it and expect to 

 live. 



APPENDICULA'TI. Pileus hygrophanous, smooth. 



H. incer'tum Pk. (Plate XCVIII.) Pileus fragile, convex or sub- 

 campanulate, then expanded, hygrophanous, often radiately wrinkled, 

 whitish with the disk yellowish, the thin margin sometimes purplish- 

 tinted, often wavy, adorned by fragments of the white flocculent fuga- 

 cious veil. Lamellae close, narrow, whitish then rosy-brown, the edge 

 often uneven. Stem equal, straight, hollow, easily splitting, whitish 

 with a frosty bloom or slightly scurfy at the top. Spores elliptical, 

 purplish-brown, 8x5^*. 



Plant gregarious or subcespitose, 2-3 in. high. Pileus 1-2 in. 

 broad.' Stem 1-2 lines thick. 



Ground among bushes. Green Island and Sandlake. June and July. 



The veil is sometimes so strongly developed as to form an imperfect 

 ring. The color is nearly white from the first. Peck, 2Qth Rep. N. Y. 

 State Bot. 



As the name indicates, I was uncertain whether this was a form of H. 

 Candolleanum, to which it is very closely related, but as Fries says of 

 that "Gills at first violaceous," and as our plant has them at first white 

 or whitish, I concluded to risk the uncertainty on a new species. 



I have seen Central Park, New York, well covered with it in May. It 

 is also common in the vicinity of Boston. Of very agreeable flavor and 

 delicate substance. The profusion of its growth compensates for its 

 small size. Macadam. 



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