The fungus has but slight taste and is without odor when fresh.
It is probably edible. Not received in sufficient quantity to test.
III.—Hygro´cybe.
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.