III.—HYGRO´CYBE. * _Gills decurrent._ =H. cera´ceus= Fr.—_cera_, wax. =Pileus= about 1 in. broad, _waxy-yellow, shining_, slightly fleshy, thin, but slightly firm, convexo-plane, obtuse, slightly pellucid-striate, viscid. =Stem= 1–2 in. and more long, about 2 lines thick, _hollow_, often _unequal_, flexuous and at length compressed, even, smooth, of the same color as the pileus, never darker at the apex. =Gills= _adnato-decurrent, broad, almost triangular_, distinct, yellow. _Fries._ Fragile; easily distinguished from others by its waxy (not changeable) color. _Stevenson._ =Spores= 8×6µ _Cooke_. Eaten in Germany. Found at Angora and Kingsessing, Philadelphia, 1887. August to October. Open grassy places in woods, and in pastures. Scattered and in troops. Excellent. Stew slowly. =H. cantharel´lus= Schw. _Gr_—a small vase. (Plate XXXVII, fig. 5, p. 146.) =Pileus= thin, convex, at length umbilicate or centrally depressed, minutely squamulose, moist, bright red, becoming orange or yellow. =Gills= distant, subarcuate, decurrent, yellow, sometimes tinged with vermilion. =Stem= smooth, equal, subsolid, sometimes becoming hollow, concolorous, whitish within. =Height= 2–4 in., breadth of pileus 6–12 lines. =Stem= 1–2 lines thick. Swamps and damp shaded places in fields or woods. July to September. Common. _Peck_, 23d Rep. N.Y. State Bot. Var. _fla´va_. Pileus and stem pale yellow. Gills arcuate, strongly decurrent. Var. _fla´vipes_. Pileus red or reddish. Stem yellow. Var. _fla´viceps_. Pileus yellow. Stem red or reddish. Var. _Ro´sea_. Has the pileus expanded and the margin wavy scalloped. Swamps. Sandlake. _Peck_, 23d Rep. Common in the Adirondack region, and throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in all its varieties. The resemblance to H. miniatus in color is great, but there is a marked difference in the gills, which extend further down the thinner stem. It is tougher, and takes longer to cook. It has a flavor of its own which is enjoyed by some and condemned by others. =H. cocci´neus= Schaeff.—of a scarlet color. (Plate CXXXVI, fig. 6, p. 508.) =Pileus= 1–2 in. and more broad, _at first bright scarlet, then soon changing color and becoming pale_, slightly fleshy, convex, then plane and often unequal, _obtuse_, at first viscid and even, _smooth_, not floccose-scaly. =Flesh= of the same color as the pileus. =Stem= 2 in. long, 3–4 lines thick, _hollow_, then _compressed_ and rather even, not slippery, _scarlet upward, always yellow at the base_. =Gills= wholly adnate, _decurrent with a tooth_, plane, distant, connected by veins, watery-soft as if fatty, when full grown _purplish at the base, light yellow in the middle, glaucous at the edge_. _Fries._