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blackish brown, whitish on the edge; stem long, slender, hollow, 

 slightly floccose or fibrillose, white ; spores 7-8 !j. long, 4-5 [j. broad. 



Pileus 2-3 cm broad ; stem 5-8 cm long, 3-4 mm thick. 



Densely cespitose. Base of trees arid stmiips. Albany co. Sep- 

 tember. Rare. 



The densely tufted mode of growth and the grayish white, ob- 

 scurely spotted pileus are distinguishing features of this species. 

 From H y p h o 1 o m a s i 1 v e s t r e Gill, it may be separated by 

 its smaller size, densely tufted mode of growth and adnexed lamellae 

 with no rosy tint. From H y p h o 1 o m a s t o r e a Fr. it is dis- 

 tinguished by its hollow stem, adnexed lamellae and the absence 

 of an umbo. 



Hypholoma aggregatum sericeum Pk. 



N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 54, p.972, pi. 79, fig.8-14 



This variety differs from the typical form in its pileus being 

 silky and destitute of spots and in having its stem striate at the top. 



Warren co. September. Rare. Edible. 



The edibility of the typical form of the species has not been 

 tested by myself, but according to Mcllvaine the caps are fine. 



Hypholoma fragile Pk. 



FRAGILE HYPHOLOMA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 131, p.22, pl.V, fig.1-7 



Pileus thin, fragile, conic or subcampanulate becoming convex, 

 obtuse or subumbonate, floccosely squamulose when young, glabrous 

 when mature, yellowish, grayish or subochraceous, sometimes more 

 highly colored in the center, the thin margin at first appendiculate 

 with fragments of the white veil ; lamellae thin, narrow, close, 

 adnate, whitish or pallid becoming purpUsh brown ; stem slender, 

 fragile, stuffed or hollow, glabrous or minutely floccose, white or 

 pallid ; spores 8-10 !j. long, 4-5 /^- broad. 



Pileus 1,2-2.4 cm broad; stem 2.5-5 ^^'^^ lo'^g^ 2-3 mm thick. 



Gregarious. Decayed wood and among fallen' leaves in damp 

 places in woods. Starlake, St Lawrence co. Painted Post, Steuben 

 CO. August. Not common. 



A small, delicate and fragile species. The specimens from Star 

 lake are smaller and more highly colored than the others, but do 

 not seem worthy of separation. The dried specimens bear some 

 resemblance to Hypholoma i n c e r t u m Pk., but the ab- 



