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Hygrophorus nitidus B. & C. 



SHINING HYGROPHORUS 

 State Mus. Bui. 94. p. 45, pi. 88, fig. 1-7. 



Pileus thin, fragile, convex, umbilicate, viscid, pale yellow, shin- 

 ing and striatulate on the margin when moist, whitish when dry ; 

 lamellae arcuate, distant, decurrent, pale yellow ; stem slender, 

 fragile, viscid, hollow, colored like the pileus; spores .00024-.0003 

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



Pileus 4-12 lines broad; stem 1.5-3 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 



Gregarious or cespitose. Swamps and low damp places. Com- 

 mon. July and August. Edible. 



A pretty little mushroom pale yellow throughout, very fragile and 

 very viscid. The yellow color of the lamellae and stem is more per- 

 sistent than that of the pileus. 



Hygrophorus chlorophanus Fr. 



SULFURY HYGROPHORUS 

 State Mus. Mem. 3. p. 147, pi. 51, fig. 13-20. 

 Pileus thin, fragile, convex becoming nearly plane, often irregular 

 with the margin split or lobed, glabrous, viscid, striate on the mar- 

 gin, pale yellow, sometimes tinged with red in the center ; lamellae 

 rather broad, subdistant, thin, ventricose, emarginate, adnexed, pale 

 yellow; stem equal or nearly so, glabrous, viscid when moist, shin- 

 ing when dry, hollow, pale yellow ; spores .0003 of an inch long, 

 .0002 broad. 



Pileus 8-20 lines broad; stem 1.5-3 inches long, 1-2 lines thick. 

 Damp or mossy places in woods. Common. July to September. 

 Edible. 



Hygrophorus laetus (Pers.) Fr. 

 PLEASING HYGROPHORUS 



Pileus thin, convex, becoming plane, viscid, even or striatulate 

 on the margin, somewhat shining, tawny; lamellae thin, distant, 

 somewhat decurrent, whitish or flesh colored ; stem slender, equal, 

 tough, hollow, glabrous, viscid, tawny or pale tawny; spores .00024- 

 .0003 of an inch long, .0002 broad. 



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



Thin woods and pastures. Common. July to September. 



When dry the color resembles that of dried specimens of the 

 Peck hygrophorus. 



