58 NP:W YORK STATE MUSEUM 



pallid; spores subglobose, .00016-.0002 of an inch long, basidia 

 .0024 of an inch long, bearing spicules .0003 of an inch long. 



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



Woods and swamps. Albany and Rensselaer counties. August. 



This species was formerly taken to belong to the genus Clitocybe, 

 but it now appears to be a better Hygrophorus than Clitocybe. It 

 is remarkable for the elongated basidia and sterigmata of the 

 hymenium. It is rare but easily recognized by the peculiar grayish 

 brown hue of the moist plant and the slight violaceous hue of the 

 lamellae. 



Hygrophorus subrufescens Pk. 



REDDISH HYGROPHORUS 

 State Mils. Bui. 67. 1903. p. 23, pi. M, fig. 1-6. 



Pileus thin on the margin, convex or nearly plane, dry, minutely 

 floccose or squamulose, pale pink or grayish red, flesh whitish, 

 faintly tinged with pink, taste mild ; lamellae subdistant, decurrent, 

 whitish ; stem equal or nearly so, flexuous, glabrous, solid or stuffed, 

 white ; spores elliptic, .0003 of an inch long, .0002 broad. 



Pileus 1-1.5 inches broad; stem 1.5-3 ii^ches long, 2-4 lines thick. 



Fallen leaves in woods. Suffolk county. August. Rare. Found 

 but once. 



Hygrocybe Fr. 



Veil none ; pileus viscid when moist, shining when dry, rarely 

 floccose scaly ; lamellae soft ; stem hollow, soft, glabrous. 



The whole fungus is slender, watery, fragile ; many of the species 

 are brightly colored. 



A few species without a viscid pileus are included in this sub- 

 genus because of their fragility, bright colors and hollow stems. 

 By these characters they may be separated from the subgenus 

 Camarophyllus. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES 



Pileus not viscid 1 



Pileus viscid 5 



I Lamellae decurrent 2 



I Lamellae not decurrent 3 



2 Pileus glabrous, pale yellow parvulus 



2 Pileus usually squamulose, red. rarely yellow cantharellus 



3 Pileus brown, sometimes tinged with green or yellow immutabilis 



3 Pileus not brown 4 



4 Pileus pale yellow parvulus 



4 Pileus golden yellow marginatus 



4 Pileus usually red or orange, rarely yellow miniatus 



5 Stem not viscid 6 



