=Hypholoma appendiculatum= Bull. =Edible.=--This species is common during late spring and in the summer. It grows on old stumps and logs, and often on the ground, especially where there are dead roots. It is scattered or clustered, but large tufts are not formed as in _H. sublateritium_. The plants are 6--8 cm. high, the cap 5--7 cm. broad, and the stem 4--6 mm. in thickness. The =pileus= is ovate, convex to expanded, and often the margin elevated, and then the cap appears depressed. It is fleshy, thin, whitish or brown, tawny, or with a tinge of ochre, and becoming pale in age and when dry. As the plant becomes old the pileus often cracks in various ways, sometimes splitting radially into several lobes, and then in other cases cracking into irregular areas, showing the white flesh underneath. The surface of the pileus when young is sometimes sprinkled with whitish particles giving it a mealy appearance. The =gills= are attached to the stem, crowded, becoming more or less free by breaking away from the stem, especially in old plants. They are white, then flesh colored, brownish with a slight purple tinge. The =stem= is white, smooth, or with numerous small white particles at the apex, becoming hollow. The =veil= is very delicate, white, and only seen in quite young plants when they are fresh. It clings to the margin of the cap for a short period, and then soon disappears. [Illustration: FIGURE 27.--Hypholoma appendiculatum (natural size), showing appendiculate veil. Copyright.] Sometimes the pileus is covered with numerous white, delicate floccose scales, which give it a beautiful appearance, as in Fig. 26, from specimens (No. 3185 C. U. herbarium), collected on the campus of Cornell University among grass. The entire plant is very brittle, and easily broken. It is tender and excellent for food. I often eat the caps raw. =Hypholoma candolleanum= Fr., occurs in woods on the ground, or on very rotten wood. It is not so fragile as _H. appendiculatum_ and the gills are dark violaceous, not flesh color as they are in _H. appendiculatum_ when they begin to turn, and nearly free from the stem. =Hypholoma lacrymabundum= Fr.--This plant was found during September and October in wet grassy places in a shallow ditch by the roadside, and in borders of woods, Ithaca, N. Y., 1898. The plants are scattered or clustered, several often joined at the base of the stem. They are 4--8 cm. high, the cap 2--5 cm. broad, and the stem 4--8 mm. in thickness. [Illustration: FIGURE 28.--Hypholoma lacrymabundum (natural size). Cap and stem tawny or light yellowish, with intermediate shades or shades of umber, surface with soft floccose scales. Copyright.]