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138 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
large, subglobose to polygonal cells; cystidia subcylindrie, 
thin-walled, 8 д in diameter; paraphyses filiform, septate, 
guttulate, 3-4 шіп diameter; База hyaline, many-guttulate, 
25-30 10-16 yp, obovate to clavate, mostly 4-spored; sterig- 
mata stout, 5-8 u long; spores acrogenous, 1—3-guttulate, сіп- 
namon to cinnamon-buff, short-pedicellate, globose when 
young, becoming ellipsoidal, 16-21Х8-10 y, with 5-9 stria- 
tions usually prominently warted. 
Deeply buried in forests. Algeria and California. April. 
Specimens examined: 
California: San Jose, H. E. Parks (in Univ. Cal. Herb., 493, 
Zeller Herb., 1455, ud Dodge Herb., 858). 
4, Gautieria plumbea Zeller & Dodge, sp. nov. 
Fructifieationes ovatae, 4 cm. diametro metiens, к effigies, 
superficie convoluta, “ight brownish olive” vel *mummy-brown" 
(Ridgway) ; stipes 2 mm. crassitudine; columella ramosa, fere 
fructificati tionem percurrens, translucens; gleba “plumbeous-black” 
vel “slaty” (Ridgway) servata, "fuscous-black" (Ridgway) siccata, 
gelatinosa; locelli irregulares, vacui; septa hyalina, circa ‹ и 
crassitudine, hyphis gelatinosis confecta ; stratum subhymeniale 
pseudo- parenchymate, 1d est, cellulis polygoniis confectum ; cystidia 
magna, 52-61<25-85 y, hyalina, granulate guttulata, ’ obovata, 
saepe subapieulata; paraphyses anguste clavatae, granulate guttu- 
latae, septatae, 4—5 u crassitudine, partim apice bullatae, partim 
filiformes; basidia hyalina, granulate guttulata, clavata, 20-26» 
—10 y, mono- vel tetraspora, sterigmatibus brevibus; sporae 11-16 
6.5-8 y, breviter pedicellatae, longitudinaliter striatae, striis 7-10, 
sinuosis, “English red" vel “burnt sienna’ (Ridgway); sporae 
iuniores ovatae vel ellipsoideae, breviter ЧЕ точ 24 deinde 
striatae. 
Habitat in terra in pinetis. Idaho. Autumno. 
Type: in Weir Herb., Zeller Herb., and Dodge Herb. 
Fructifications ovate, 4 cm. in diameter, heart-shaped, 
surface convoluted, light brownish olive to mummy-brown; 
stipe 2 mm. thick; columella branched, trunk reaching almost 
to the top of the fructification, translucent; gleba plumbeous- 
black, slaty when in preservative, drying fuscous-black, gelat- 
inous; cavities irregular, empty; septa hyaline, about 300 д 
thick, composed of gelatinized hyphae; subhymenial layer a 
pseudo-parenchyma of large angular cells; cystidia large, 
52-61 25-35 и, hyaline, granularly guttulate, obovate, often 
somewhat apiculate; paraphyses narrowly clavate, hyaline, 
