REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST KJIO 79 



Hypholoma capnoides Fr. 



FIR WOOD HYPHOLOMA > 



Sylloge V, p. 1028 



Pileus fleshy, convex or nearly plane, obtuse, glabrous, dry, yel- 

 lowish, often reddish or ochraceous in the center, flesh white, odor 

 and taste mild ; laniellae moderately close, adnate, dry, smoky 

 gray becoming purplish or brown; stem equal or nearly so, silky, 

 striate at the top, sometimes curved or flexuous, hollow, pallid ; 

 spores 7-8 fj- long, 4-5 ,a broad. 



Pileus 2.5-4 cm broad ; stem 4-7 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. 



Single or cespitose. On or about pine and spruce stumps or 

 prostrate trunks. Adirondack mountains and Albany co. May to 

 September. Rare. 



The Friesian description ascribes only yellowish and ochraceous 

 colors to the pileus of this species, but in our specimens the center 

 of the pileus is often reddish or orange tinted. This color is also 

 shown in the figures of the species as given in Icones, plate 133, 

 and in Illustrations of British Fungi, plate 559. The mature 

 lamellae of the typical form are described as purplish, but in our 

 specimens they are brown with no apparent purplish tint. We 

 have not thought it best to separate our plant on account of this 

 slight deviation from the description of the color of the mature 

 lamellae of the European form of the species. 



Floccosa 



Pileus silky or adorned when young with superficial floccose 

 scales. This section at present is represented in our State by two 

 species only. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES 



Pileus silky or fibrillosely spotted aggregatum 



Pileus floccosely scaly fragile 



Hypholoma aggregatum Pk. 



AGGREGATED HYPHOLOMA 

 N. Y. State Mus. Ann. Rep't 46, p. 106; Botanist's ed. p. 26 

 Pileus thin, convex or subcampanulate, obscurely spotted by ap- 

 pressed brownish fibrils, grayish white, flesh white ; lamellae sub- 

 distant, rounded behind, adnexed, whitish becoming brown or 



