=Hygrophorus fuligineus= Frost. =Edible.=--The smoky hygrophorus was described in the 35th Report of the N. Y. State Museum, p. 134. It is an American plant, and was first collected at West Albany, during the month of November. It is one of the largest species of the genus, and grows on the ground in woods, in late autumn. The plants are 5--10 cm. high, the cap from 3--10 cm. broad, and the stem 1--2 cm. in thickness. The large size of the plant together with the smoky, brown, viscid cap aid in the recognition of the plant. The =pileus= is convex, becoming expanded, smooth, very viscid, dull reddish brown or smoky brown, darker on the center; the margin of the pileus is even in young specimens, becoming irregular in others; and in age often elevated more or less. The =gills= are broad, distant, usually decurrent, often connected by veins, white, with yellowish tinge in drying. The =spores= oval to elliptical, 8--12 × 5--7 µ. The =stem= is stout, sometimes ascending, equal, or enlarged in the middle, or tapering toward the base, solid, viscid like the pileus, usually white, sometimes tinged with the same color as pileus, somewhat yellowish tinged in drying. Figure 117 is from plants (No. 2546, C. U. herbarium) collected in Enfield Gorge near Ithaca, Nov. 5, 1898. =Hygrophorus pratensis= (Pers.) Fr. =Edible.=--This hygrophorus grows on the ground in pastures, old fields, or in waste places, or in thin and open woods, from mid-summer to late autumn. The plants are 3--5 cm. high, the cap 2--5 cm. or more broad, and the stem 6--12 mm. in thickness. The cap being thick at the center, and the stem being usually stouter at the apex, often gives to the plant a shape like that of a top. The =pileus= is hemispherical, then convex, then nearly or quite expanded, white, or with various shades of yellow or tawny, or buff, not viscid, often cracking in dry weather. Flesh very thick at the center, thinner at the margin. The flesh is firm and white. The =gills= are stout, distant, long decurrent, white or yellowish, and arcuate when the margin of the pileus is incurved in the young state, then ascending as the pileus takes the shape of an inverted cone. The =gills= are connected across the interspaces by vein-like folds, or elevations. The =spores= are nearly globose to ovate or nearly elliptical, white, 6--8 × 5--6 µ. The =stem= is smooth, firm outside and spongy within, tapering downward.