Hygrophorus obconicus Peck 1909

Camarophyllus obconicus (Peck) Murrill
Hygrophorus obconicus Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 131: 36. 1909.
Pileus fleshy, thick at the center, obconic, convex or nearly plane, becoming depressed at the center, cespitose, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, pruinose, white or whitish, yellowish at the center, becoming pale-alutaceous with age, margin involute: context white; lamellae thick, distant, ventricose, very decurrent, white: spores subglobose, 4-6 X 4-5 /z: stipe straight or flexuous, equal or tapering downward, brittle, stuffed, white, 2-2.5 cm. long, 6-10 mm. thick.
Type i^ocAwty: Stow, Massachusetts. Habitat: Among sphagnum in swamps. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.