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pastures throughout the United States and Europe. It represents 

 quite a different type from the bright-colored, viscid, hollow- 

 stemmed species here figured, and was set apart by Karsten with 

 several of its close relatives in a distinct genus. 



Hygrophorus ceraceus (Wulf.) Fries 

 Waxy Hygrophorus 



Plate 27. Figure 2. X | 



Pileus thin, fragile, convex to plane, obtuse, 1-3 cm. broad; 

 surface viscid, striatulate, pale-yellow, the color of wax; flesh 

 concolorous; gills adnate or slightly decurrent, distant, very 

 broad, concolorous ; spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 7-8 X 4-5 ; stem 

 usually equal, straight, rarely flexuous, shining, concolorous, 

 hollow, 3-8 X 0.3-0.5 cm. 



This species is small, and yellow throughout, growing in groups 

 among mosses or grasses. It is reported from Greenland to 

 North Carolina and west to Minnesota and Ohio, and also occurs 

 in Europe. 



Hygrophorus chlorophanus Fries 

 Sulfur-colored Hygrophorus 



Plate 27. Figure 3. X I 



Pileus thin, fragile, convex to nearly plane, obtuse, striate and 

 often lobed or split at the margin, 2-4 cm. broad; surface pale- 

 yellow, rarely reddish at the center, glabrous, viscid; flesh thin, 

 yellowish, edible; gills thin, fragile, adnexed, subdistant, ventri- 

 cose, concolorous or paler ; spores ovoid, hyaline, 7-8 X 4-5 /* ,* 

 stem cylindric, glabrous, viscid, concolorous, hollow, 3-7 X 0.2-0.4 

 cm. 



This species occurs commonly in damp woods from Maine to 

 Alabama and west to Wisconsin ; also in Europe. 



Hygrophorus psittacinus (Schaeff.) Fries 

 Parrot Hygrophorus 



Plate 27. Figure 4. X | 



Pileus thin, convex to expanded, umbonate, striatulate on the 

 margin, 1-3 cm. broad; surface smooth, reddish or yellow, 



