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radicating character of the base of the stem and by the flesh not 



assuming a reddish color. Its moist pileus places it among the 



Spongiosi rather than the Limacini among which T. Colossus is 



placed. 



Hygrophana 



Pileus thin, subumbonate, hygrophanous, the flesh at first com- 

 pact, then soft, very thin toward the margin, moist or watery. 



Stem solid or stuffed 1 



Stem hollow 4 



1. Lamellae whitish, often tinged with brown or violaceous 2 



1. Lamellae white or yellowish 3 



2. Stem less than one inch long brevipes. 



2. Stem one inch or more in length sordidum. 



3. Stem white Trentonense. 



3. Stem not white ... microcephalum. 



4. Pileus some shade of red 6 



4. Pileus grayish or brownish 6 



5. Lamellae whitish Sienna. 



5. Lamellae alutaceous , thujinum. 



6. Lamellae cinereous putidum. 



6. Lamellae yellowish .... Hebeloma. 



Tricholoma brevipes Bull, 

 Short-stemmed Teicholoma 



(Hym. Europ., p. 75. Syl. Fung., Vol. V, p. 135.) 



Pileus fleshy, convex becoming plane, rigid, then soft, glabrous, 

 umber or isabelline, becoming pale with age ; lamellae close, ventri- 

 cose, emarginate, fuscous becoming whitish ; stem very short, solid, 

 firm, rigid, somewhat thickened at the base, fuscous ; spores ellip- 

 tical, .0003 in. long, .0002 broad. 



Pileus 1 to 2 in. broad ; stem 6 to 9 lines long, 2 to 3 lines thick. 



Fields and gardens. Albany county. October. 



Tricholoma sordidum Fr. 



SoEDiD Tricholoma 



(Hym. Europ., p. 77. Syl. Fung., Vol.. V, p. 139.) 



Pileus thin, campanulate or convex, then plane or centrally 

 depressed, sometimes with a small umbo, often irregular or eccen- 

 tric, glabrous, hygrophanous, brown with a reddish or violaceous 

 tint and striatulate on the margin when moist, sordid or subcinere- 

 ous when dry, flesh white ; lamellae thin, moderately close, rounded 

 or sinuately and slightly decurrent, violaceous whitish or fuligin- 



