Brown-spored Series 
Stem or Stife—Hollow, white, and slender. 1-3 inches long. 
Spores—Purplish brown, elliptical. 
Filesh—Tender. 
Time —Throughout a moist season. 
Habitat—In clusters, in lawns, gardens, thin woods, and pastures. 
Brick Top (Edible) 
Hypholoma sublateritium 
Cap or Pileus—Brick red, with pale yellowish border. Surface 
covered with fine silky fibres. Fleshy, firm, moist. 234-4 
inches broad. 
Stem or Stipe—Creamy when young, lower part slightly tinged 
with red. 
Hollow. or 
stuffed. Silky 
fibres on the 
surface. 2%- 
4inches long. 
Gills or Lamella— 
Creamy 
when young, 
olive when 
old. Attached 
to stem at 
innerextrem- 
ity. Rather 
narrow, 
crowded, un- 
equal. 
Ring or Annulus— 
None. Rem- 
nants of veil 
often seen on 
edge of cap. 
Spores—Brown. 
Flesh—Creamy, 
firm, bitter. 
Time —Septem- 
ber. 
Habitat— The 
specimen 
photo- 
graphed 
grew in clus- 
ters ona 
mossy stump 
Section of H. sublateritium in the open. 
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