108 SECTIOX HYGROCYBE 



Key to Subsections and Series 



1. Pileus and stipe both viscid or glutinous 



Subsection Psittacini, p. 214 



1. Pileus and stipe not both viscid 2 



2. Pileus viscid; stipe dry Subsection Punicei, p. 196 



a. Pileus conic Series Conici, below 



a. Pileus obtuse to convex Series Punicei, p. 196 



2. Neither pileus nor stipe viscid . . . Subsection Htjgrocybe, below 

 a. Pileus conic or conic-umbonate .... see Series Conici, below 



a. Pileus obtusely umbonate, convex, or umbilicate b 



b. Faded pileus appearing squamulose (use hand lens) .... 



Series Hygrocybe, p. 140 



b. Pileus glabrous Series Coccinei, p. 171 



SUBSECTION HYGROCYBE 

 SERIES CONICI (Fayod) comb. & stat. nov. 



Hygrocybe section Conici Fayod. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII (9): 

 309. 1889. 



Key to Species 



1. Fruiting body blackening in some part when bruised 2 



1. Fruiting body not blackening 3 



2. Pileus yellow, orange, or red; spores 9-12(14) li long 



48. H. conicus 



2. Pileus pale smoky gray to yellow, streaked with black fibrils; spores 

 6-10 X 5-7 fx .'....* 49. H. erinaceus 



2. Pileus pale ocher yellow fading to pinkish buff, blackening slightlv 



at margin 109. H. tahquamenonensis 



3. Pileus shell pink; pleurocystidia 50-105 X 



8-25 ix, fusoid, clavate or cylindric 50. H. calyptraeformis 



3. Not with above combination of characters 4 



4. Fruiting body practicallv unicolorous and yellow 5 



4. Fruiting body not entirely yellow 8 



5. Odor mephitic; lamellae adnate with a triangular tooth 



51. H. auratocephalus 



5. Odor and gill attachment not as above 6 



6. Spores 7-9 X 4-5 fx; color of fruiting body bright to deep chrome 

 yellow 52. H. marginatus var. concolor 



6. Spores 8—12 fx long or larger 7 



7. Lamellae adnate and with a decurrent tooth ( "hooked") 



53. H. suhflavidus 



