118 MUSHROOMS. 



Srown, 



HYPHOLOMA PERPLEXUM = perplexing. 

 The Perplexing Hypholoma. 



Cap brownish and turning to yellow, 1 to 

 3 inches broad and slightly umbonate, flesh 

 whitish. Stem nearly equal, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, 2 to 4 lines thick, firm, hollow, slightly 

 fibriliose, whitish or yellowish above, reddish- 

 brown below. Gills thin, close, slightly 

 rounded at inner end, at first pale yellow, 

 then tinged with green, finally purplish-brown. 

 Taste mild. It grows in clusters. We found 

 it both on and around old stumps, in the woods. 

 It is sometimes solitary. (Edible.) 



COLLYBIA DRYOPHILA = oak-loving. 

 The Oak-loving CoUybia. 



Cap tan color, often varying in color, ^ inch 

 broad, thin, convex, nearly plane, sometimes 

 with margin elevated, irregular, smooth, flesh 

 white. Stem equal or thickened at base, 1 to 

 2 inches long, 1 to 2 lines broad, cartilaginous, 

 smooth, hollow, yellowish, or reddish like the 

 cap. Gills narrow, crowded, adnexed or nearly 

 free, whitish. This little mushroom we found 

 in a thick woods late in September, growing 



