74 SECTION CAMAROPHYLLOPS1S 



Fig. 18. H. pratensis var. pratensis 



Pileus 2-7 cm broad, obtuse to convex, then more or less expanded, 

 broadly convex, umbonate, or turbinate in age, "rufous" to "zinc 

 orange" when young and moist and becoming "cinnamon rufous," 

 fading slowly to "light ochraceous buff" or remaining some shade of 

 pale tawny, glabrous to minutely fibrillose under a lens, moist then 

 dry, unpolished, often areolate or irregularly cracked around the disc. 

 Context thick, brittle, whitish or pale fulvous; odor and taste mild. 



Lamellae decurrent, more or less concolorous with the pileus, or 

 paler, at times "apricot buff" or "ochraceous buff" then "salmon buff," 

 finally pallid, subdistant to distant, thick, narrow to moderately broad, 

 usually intervenose. 



Stipe 3-8 cm X 5-20 mm, whitish or tinged like the pileus, usually 

 tapering downward to nearly equal, dry and unpolished, glabrous, 

 even, stuffed. 



