80 SECTION CAMAROPHYLLOPSIS 



Fig. 21. H. recurvati 



Stipe 2-4 cm long, 3-6 mm thick, whitish or concolorous with the 

 pileus, grayish within, tapering slightly downward, moist, occasionally 

 faintly longitudinally striate. 



Spores 7-9(10) X 4-5(6) /z, ellipsoid, smooth, yellowish in Mel- 

 zer's reagent. Basidia 42-55 X 6-8 n, 4-spored, occasionally 2-spored. 

 Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia none. Gill trama intricately inter- 

 woven, hyphae 3-7 \x broad. Cuticle a clearly defined narrow zone, the 

 innermost layer brownish, the outer colorless, gelatinous, hyphae 2-3.5 

 ix broad. Hypodermium a distinct layer of brownish hyphae. Pileus 

 trama of periclinal hyphae. Clamp connections present on the cuticular 

 and gill trama hyphae. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distribution — Gregarious under conifers 

 and in pastures, New York, Michigan, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, 

 California, and Florida, October-January. 



Material Studied — California: Smith 3883, 3923, 3944, 8525, 

 8526, 8897, 9447. Florida: Murrill F19334 (type of Omphalina australis 

 Murr., Gainesville, Jan. 8, 1940). idaho: Smith 54976, 55132. Michi- 

 gan: Smith 62129. new york: E. C. Webster (type of H. recurvatus 



