FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



Stem slender; fragile; smooth; stuffed or hollow; orange or 

 yellow; i to 3 inches long. 



Spores white; elliptical; .0003-. 0004 by .0002-.00024 inch 

 in diameter. 



The margin of the cap may be waved or lobed, the lobes 

 often crowded or overlapping. Peck has given to this variety 

 the name "roseus." Other varieties of this species may have 

 caps and stems of colors differing from each other. 



Hygrophorus chlorophanus ; sulphury hygrophorus; sul- 

 phur-colored chlorophorus. Plate 10, Species 58. 



On ground; in damp or mossy places in woods; July to 

 September; edible. 



Cap thin; fragile; convex to nearly plane; often irregular, 

 with the margin split or lobed; smooth; sticky when moist 

 (viscid); radiating lines on the margin (striate); pale yellow, 

 sometimes tinged with red in the center; flesh thin; yellowish; 

 ^ to I >i inches in diameter. 



Gills extending to but not attached to the stem (adnexed) ; 

 thin; rather broad; bellied; rather far apart; pale yellow. 



Stem smooth; cylindric; color of cap; hollow; sticky when 

 moist (viscid); i>^ to 3 inches long; hollow; pale yellow. 



Spores white; egg-shaped, waxy (hyaline); .0002 by .0003 

 inch in diameter. 



Hygrophorus conicus; conic hygrophorus. Plate X, 

 Species 59. 



On moist ground in woods and open places; singly or in 

 groups; August to October; edible. 



Cap thin; fragile; waxy; sticky (viscid) when moist; conical, 

 usually with an acute tip or apex, rarely with a blunt tip; the 

 margin often lobed; sometimes there are radiating cracks on 

 the surface of the cap. The color is variable, it may be bright 



