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Fii^. 15. //. subviolaceus 



17516, 17995. Austria: Moser, Oct. 6, L948 (Hesler 24128 



Observations — Notes on Pecks type: spores 7-8(9 L5-6 /<. 

 ellipsoid, to ovoid, smooth, yellowish in Melzer's reagent. Basidia 

 42-48x6-8 fi, 2- and 4-spored. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia 

 none. Gill trama intricately interwoven, hyphae 3-7 >> broad. Cuticle of 

 colorless, gelatinous hyphae. Clamp connections present on the cuticu- 

 lar hyphae. The pileus in the dried state is "sayal brown to "verona 

 brown." 



Although Peck (1901) and Mnrrill (1916) assigned //. sub- 

 oiolaceus to the section Hygrophorus (Limacium), it is clear that it 

 is a Camarophyllopsis. Hygrophorus caerulescens Berk. <\ Curt., col- 

 lected by Sprague in New England, is similar to //. subviolaceus in 

 appearance; however, a study of the type //. caerulescens shows that, 

 having a snbparallel gill trama, it is a member of the sett ion HygTO- 

 cybe; or possibly it is a member ot section Hygrophorus in which, on 

 revived sections, the hyphae of the gill trama do not regain their 

 normal arrangement. 



The pellicle of the pileus may not always be bitter. Overholts senl 

 us specimens from Pennsylvania which apparently had no distinctive 

 taste but otherwise seem to belong here. In the 2-spored Form from 

 Washington, the taste was very slight. Since Peek did not mention the 

 taste in his original account, we cannot be sure the type was bitter. 

 Ricken's H. colemannianus is very likel) the 2-spored form of //. 

 subviolaceus. He gives the spore size as 8-9 x 6-7 r which is exactl) 

 the same as in the 2-spored form collected in Washington. 



