134 Thirty-fifth Report on the State Museum. 



This singular species is referred to the subgenus Panagolus be- 

 cause of its black spores. Its thick, fleshy stem and pileus do 

 not well accord with the character of these parts in the other 

 species of this subgenus, and, notwithstanding the color of the 

 spores, it may seem best to some to refer the species to the sub- 

 genus Hypholoma. A. Loveianus, A. alumnus, A. cirrhatus, A. 

 tuberosus, A. racemosus and A. pilipes are other species of 

 Agarics which are parasitic on putrid fungi. The species of 

 Nyctalis also have a similar habitat. 

 Hygrophorus fuligineus, Frost MS. 



Pileus convex or plane, smooth, glutinous, fuscous or smoky- 

 brown, the disk usually darker or almost black, the margin some- 

 times wavy or irregular, and in old specimens often reflexed, flesh 

 white; lamellae moderately broad, adnate or decurrent, subdis- 

 tant, white, the interspaces often veiny ; stem variable, long or 

 short, equal or ventricose, sometimes attenuated at the base, solid, 

 glutinous, white, sometimes slightly stained with smoky-brown ; 

 spores elliptical, -0003' — 00035' long, -0002' broad. 



Plant 2'— 4' high, pileus 1'— 4' broad, stem 4"— 10" thick. 



Pine woods. West Albany. November. 



The abundant gluten which covers the pileus gives it when dry 

 a shining appearance, as if varnished. There is a short space at 

 the top of the stem which is free from gluten, slightly silky and 

 very white. The plant grows either singly or in tufts of three or 

 four individuals. 

 Hygrophorus flavodiscus, Frost MS. 



Pileus convex or plane, smooth, glutinous, white, with a pale- 

 yellow or reddish-yellow disk, flesh white; lamellae adnate or de- 

 current, subdistant, white, sometimes with a slight flesh-colored 

 tint, the interspaces sometimes veiny; stem subequal, solid, glu- 

 tinous, white, sometimes slightly stained with yellow; spores el- 

 ' liptical, -00025' — 0003' long, -00016' broad. 



Plaut 2'— 3' high, pileus 1'— 3' broad, stem 2"— 8" thick. 



Pine woods. West Albany. November. 



The late Mr. C. O. Frost sent me manuscript descriptions of a 

 few species of fungi which he had found in Vermont and regarded 

 as new species. Among them are descriptions of the two species 

 of Hygrophorus now found for the first time within our limits. 

 I have adopted the names given by Mr. Frost, but have remodeled 

 his descriptions and extended them so as to include the character 

 and dimensions of the spores. Both species were found growing 

 together, and but for the marked difference in the coloration of 

 the pileus both might readily be taken for forms of one species. 



