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Hygrophorus pratensis (Pers.) Fr. 



MEADOW HYGROPHORUS 



State Mus. Rep't 48, p. 279, pi. 28, fig. 11-17. 



Pileus compact, convex, turbinate or nearly plane, often irregular, 

 glabrous, thin on the margin, variable in color, tawny, reddish, buff, 

 cinereous or whitish, flesh white or whitish, taste mild; lamellae 

 thick, distant, decurrent, whitish or yellowish, the interspaces often 

 veiny, stem short, even, glabrous, soHd or stuffed, equal or narrowed 

 downward, white or tinged with the color of the pileus; spores 

 .00024-.0003 of an inch long, .00016-.0002 broad. 



Pileus 1-3 inches broad ; stem 2-3 inches long, 4-6 lines thick. 



Scattered, gregarious or cespitose; growing in woods, pastures 

 and grassy places. Common. July to September. 



Several varieties of this variable species have been recognized. 

 The names given them are mostly derived from their color. Var. 

 a 1 b u s . Whole plant white or whitish. Var. c i n e r e u s . Whole 

 plant cinereous or the stem only whitish. Var. p a 1 1 i d u s . Plant 

 ochraceous white. The plants are edible when cooked. 



Hygrophorus peckianus Howe 



PECKIAN HYGROPHORUS 



Bui. Torrey Bot. Club 5. 1874. p. 43- 



Pileus rather thin but firm, convex or slightly depressed in the 

 center, glabrous, hygrophanous, sooty brown when moist, paler or 

 buff brown when dry, the margin often decurved and wavy ; lamellae 

 subdistant, thick, arcuate, decurrent, pailid, becoming darker with 

 age; stem slender, glabrous, flexuous, stuffed, sometimes becoming 

 hollow, often narrowed toward the base, colored like the pileus ; 

 spores subglobose, .0002-.00024 of an inch long. 



Pileus 5-10 lines broad; stem 1.5-2 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Gregarious or cespitose. Growing under ferns. Hamilton county. 

 August. The fresh plant emits a peculiar, indescribable odor. It is 

 closely related to the European H. foetens Phil, and may be 

 specifically the same. Its name, however, antedates that of the 

 European plant. 



Hygrophorus burnhami n. sp. 



BURNHAM HYGROPHORUS 



Pileus fleshy, broadly conic becoming convex or nearly plane, 

 moist in wet weather, glabrous or slightly and obscurely innately 



