Harper—Species of Hypholoma. 
1149 
Hypholoma capnoides Fr. PI. LXXIV. 
The species grows on stumps and logs of coniferous trees in the 
northern woods. The average size of the plants is shown 
in the photograph. The European plants are said to have caps 
1-3 inches broad hut we have not seen them so large. The Hew 
York plants as reported by Peck agree with ours. Ours also 
have the reddish tint in the center of the pileus noted by Peck. 
This agrees with the illustrations of Cooke and Fries but not 
with the descriptions which call for an evenly colored ochrace- 
ous or yellowish pileus. The stems in the cluster photographed 
are not as long as in Cooke’s figures but the length of the stem 
depends on the position of the plants. The plants from which 
our cluster was taken grew on a balsam log at Heebish, Mich, 
in September. 
Pileus 1-3 inches broad, convex or expanded, obtuse, dry, 
smooth, even on the margin, ochraceous or yellowish. Taste 
mild. Lamellae adnate with slight lines down the stem, sepa¬ 
rating, gray with a bluish tinge when young becoming brown or 
purple brown. Stem 2-3 inches long, 2-3 lines thick, nearly 
equal, hollow, curved or flexuous from position., silky, striate 
at the top, whitish, darker below. Spoees 4-5 x 7-8/*. 
Caespitose or scattered on logs of pine, spruce and balsam. 
Hypholoma fasciculare Huds. PI. LXXY. 
The photograph is from plants which grew on the ground and 
on logs at Sumner, Washington. The whole plant was yellow 
except the brown center of the pileus. The: disk was somewhat 
umbonate. The gills were yellow becoming greenish and finally 
olive brown. The plants photographed have stems shorter than 
usual and slightly thickened at the base as in var. robustior. In 
the dense clusters on logs the stems were long and slender and 
the plants agreed with Cooke’s figures PI. 561. Murrill re¬ 
ports the plant as very common on the Pacific coast. It seems 
to take the place of our Hypholoma sublateritium in that region. 
The taste is bitter and the plants are supposed to be poisonous. 
