REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I906 59 



5 Stem viscid ^ 10 



6 Pileus some shade of red 7 



6 Pileus not- at all red ceraceus 



7 Pileus grayish red or tawny red laricinus 



. 7 Pileus bright red, orange or scarlet 8 



8 Pileus acutely conic conicus 



8 Pileus not acutely conic ; 9 



9 Stem red with a white base puniceus 



9 Stem red with a yellow base coccineus 



10 Stem and pileus with greenish slime when young ii 



10 Stem and pileus not greenish 12 



1 1 Lamellae decurrent peckii 



1 1 Lamellae adnate psittacinus 



12 Pileus white purus 



12 Pileus brown luridus 



12 Pileus neither white nor brown 13 



13 Pileus less than 6 lines broad minutulus 



13 Pileus more than 6 lines broad 14 



14 Pileus umbilicate nitidus 



14 Pileus not umbilicate 15 



15 Lamellae adnexed chlorophanus 



15 Lamellae adnate or decurrent laetus 



Hygrophorus parvulus Pk. 



SMALL HYGROPHORUS 



State Mus. Rep't 28. 1876. Bot. ed. p. 50, pi. i, fig. 20-24. 



Pileus thin, hemispheric or convex, glabrous, striatulate on the 

 margin when moist, pale yellow ; lamellae subdistant, arcuate, 

 adnate or decurrent, whitish or pale yellow ; stem equal, glabrous, 

 hollow, yellow or pale yellow ; spores elliptic, .00024-.0003 of an 

 inch long, .00016-.0002 broad. 



Pileus 3-6 lines broad; stem 1--1.5 inches long, 1-1.5 lines thick. 



Woods and open places. Common. August. 



A noticeable feature in this species is found in the stem which is 

 often more highly colored than the pileus. It sometimes grows 

 under brakes, Pteris aquilina L. 



Hygrophorus cantharellus Schw. 



CHANTARELLE HYGROPHORUS 



State Mus. Rep't 54. 1901. p. 175, pi. "jd, fig. 8-20. 



Pileus thin, convex, sometimes umbilicate, glabrous or minutely 

 squamulose, red, orange or yellow ; lamellae rather broad, distant, 

 arcuate, decurrent, whitish or yellowish, sometimes tinged with red ; 

 stem slender, fragile, glabrous, stuffed or hollow, red, orange or 



