The stem is five to ten Cm. long, firm, solid, white.
The spores are elliptical, 6.5–7.5×4–5µ. Peck.
The specimens I found were clear white, growing among leaves and were especially free from soil. The stems were short and were inclined to be slightly ventricose. Dr. Peck says that this "species is distinguished from H. penarius by its clear white color, though this is commonly obscured by the adhering dirt that is carried up in the growth of the fungus." The young, growing plants were strongly involute but the older plants were reflexed, giving the plants a funnel-shaped appearance and giving the gills a much stronger decurrent appearance. Found October 26th.
Hygrophorus serotinus. Pk.
Late Hygrophorus.
Figure 177.—Hygrophorus serotinus.
Serotinus means late. So called because it is late in the season.
Pileus is fleshy but thin, convex or nearly plane, often with the thin margin curved upward, glabrous or with a few obscure innate fibrils, reddish in the center, whitish on the margin, flesh white, taste mild.