SI BS1 CTIOtk C \M \ROPtn II A >PS/S /'/ 



name is no longer available at an\ level l<>r Hygrophoti with intei 

 woven hymenophora] trama. Hence a new name is proposed. Ili«i« 

 arc a number of Hygrophori almost identical in aspect l>nt readil) 

 separated by the hyphal arrangement in the trama of the bymeno 

 phore. We take this, along with such basic characters as the long l»t 

 sidia and waxy hymenophore, to indicate extremel) close relationships 

 between the two groups. 



Key to Subsei tions wi> si rtj s 



1. Spores 6-8 // or more long, mostlv ellipsoid 



Subsection Camarophyllopsis, below 



1. a. Pilens white and not discoloring appreciable . . .Series Virginei, below 



a. Pileus soon colored h 



b. Pileus viscid from a gelatinous epicutis Scries Visddi, p. til 



h. Pileus moist to dry Series Camarophyllopsis, p. 69 



1. Spores up to 6—6.5 fx long but typically shorter and globose to subglobose 



Subsection Microspori, p. s_! 



a. Pileus with a gelatinous pellicle Scries Pelliculosi, p. 93 



a. Pileus moist to dry, epicutis of appressed hyphae or in the Form <>t ,i 

 trichodermium Series Microspori, \ 



SUBSECTION CAMAROPHYLLOPSIS 



SERIES VIRGINEI (Bataille) stat. new. 



Subsection Virginei Bataille, Flore Monogr. Hygrophores, p. 43. 

 1910. 



Characters as given in key. 



Type species: H. uirgineus (Fr.) Fr. 



According to the system used bv Bataille for indicating generic 

 categories. The taxon Virginei is the next step below that of section. 

 hence we attribute it to him as a subsection. 



Key to Species 



1. Spores 10-14 X 7-9 /m; pileus dry 2. II. niveicol 



1. Spores small 



2. Odor strong of arbor vitae; taste medicinal 3. //. lawrencei 



2. Odor and taste not distinctive 3 



3. Pileus viscid to lubricous 1 



3. Pileus moist to dry 5 



4. Pileus snow white, viscid, conspicuously translucent-striate Fresh . . . 



4. //. niveus 



4. Pileus milk white to pale cream, moist to lubricous; margin striatulate 

 moist ft. //. borealis I. borealis 



