64 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



5-6 mm., ^vhite or -ivhitish. v:hh Avhite scales above, stuffed or hollow; gills ad- 

 nexed. tan then brown, narrow and crowded ; spores sootv-tan, ellipsoid. 10-12 X 5- 

 7/j. The name refers to the shape of the cap. 



Common in grassland, during late stmimer and auttuiin; the taste is bitter and 

 the odor unpleasant. It is regarded as poisonous. 



Hebeloma glutinosum Sticky Hebeloma 



Cap medium, 6-8 cm. wide, yellowish white, darker on the disk, covered with 

 a tenacious glue, slimy when wet, dotted with white scales, convex to plane ; stem 

 6-8 cm. by 1 cm., whitish, with white scales, mealv above, with more or less of 

 a curtain when young, stuffed ; gills adnexed, more or less sinuate, yellowish 

 brown, broad, crowded; spores yellow, elliptic, 10-12 X 5-6/i. The name refers 

 to the verv sticky cap, which often exudes drops of glue in wet weather. 



In woods, late summer and autumn; said by Mcllvaine to be of good quality. 



Hebeloma fastibile Fetid Hebeloma 



Cap small to medium, 3-S cm. wide, whitish to tan or brownish, smooth, more 

 or less sticky, convex to upturned; stem 6-12 cm. bv 1-3 cm., white or whitish, 

 fibrous-silky or scaly, somewhat bulbous, solid, with a distinct white curtain, often in 

 the form of a ring ; gills sinuate, yellowish brown, rather broad and distant ; 

 spores yellow, ovoid, 10-12 X 6-8|U. The name refers to the unpleasant odor. 



In woodland and grassland, summer and autumn ; said to be dangerous. 



PLUTEOLUS 



Distinguished among ocher-spored forms by the completely free gills. It is 

 readily separated from P 1 u t e u s. which has pink spores. Our one species is rare. 

 The name is a diminutive of P 1 u t e u s. 



Pluteolus reticulatus Net Cap 



Cap small, 2-5 cm. wide, pale lilac, sticky, covered with net-like veins, striate 

 at the margin, bell-shaped to convex, then plane; stem 2-5 cm. by 2-4 mm., whitish 

 or white, mealv above, hollow, fragile ; gills free, rust-colored, broad and crowded ; 

 spores rust-colored, elliptic, 10-13 X 5-6(ii. The name refers to the veins on the 



cap. 



Rare, on decaying wood in forests, late summer and autumn; said by Mcllvaine 

 to be tender and of fine flavor. 



FLAMMUL.V 



Characterized by the fleshy-fibrous stem, much like the texture of the pileus, 

 and by adnata or decurrent gills. It is distinguished with difficulty by the beginner 

 from I n c y b e. Hebeloma and X a u c o r i a. Our species are readily dis- 



