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Pileus about i inch broad ; stem 1-2 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Gregarious. Mossy ground or grassy places. Albany, Essex and 

 Ulster counties. September. A small species having very broad 

 lamellae, which are scarcely decurrent. Its waxy yellow color is 

 suggestive of the specific name. 



Hygrophorus laricinus Pk. 



LARCH HYGROPHORUS 

 State Mus. Mem. 3. 1900. p. 146, pi. 51, fig. 1-12. 



Pileus thin, convex becoming plane, viscid when moist, grayish 

 red, rusty red or tawny red, sometimes white or yellow on the mar- 

 gin, flesh white, slightly tinged with yellow under the cuticle, taste 

 slightly disagreeable; lamellae distant, adnate or slightly decurrent, 

 whitish ; stem equal, firm, hollow, white ; spores elliptic, .00024- 

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



Pileus 6-12 lines broad; stem 1-2 inches long, 2-3 lines thick. 



Gregarious under tamarack trees. Warren county. October, 

 Rare. Edible. Found but once. The flesh is tender and of good 

 flavor when cooked. 



Hygrophorus conicus (Scop.) Fr. 

 CONIC HYGROPHORUS 



Pileus thin, conic, acute or subacute, fragile, glabrous or fibril- 

 lose, viscid when moist, shining- when dry, often lobed on the mar- 

 gin, red, scarlet, orange or yellow ; lamellae thin, rather close, ven- 

 tricose, narrowed behind, almost free, commonly yellowish ; stem 

 equal, fibrously striate, hollow, yellow ; spores broadly elliptic, 

 .0004-.0005 of an inch long, .00024-.0003 broad. 



Pileus 6-10 lines high and broad ; stem i-'4 inches long, 1-2 lines 

 thick. 



Woods and in mossy or grassy places. Common. June to Sep- 

 tember. This species is easily recognized by the conic shape of the 

 pileus which usually terminates in an acute point. Wounded places 

 in the fresh plant are apt to turn black and the whole plant usually 

 turns black in drying. The color of the pileus is variable and Gillet 

 has published several varieties founded on this character. The vis- 

 cidity of the cap is slight. 



