154 SECTION HYGROCYBE 



pileus ) , subdistant to distant, broad but acuminate on the stipe, often 

 triangular, edges even. 



Stipe (2)4-9(12) cm long, 1.5-4(5) mm thick, concolorous with 

 the pileus or paler, base whitish or pallid yellowish, equal or slightly 

 enlarged above, terete to subcompressed, fragile, glabrous, dry, 

 stuffed to hollow. 



Spores 7-12 X 4-6 /x, or 8-13 X 5-8 /x in 2-spored forms ( smaller on 

 4-spored basidia), ellipsoid to subovoid, smooth, pale yellow in 

 Melzer's reagent. Basidia (35)45-60 X 6.5-10 /x, 2- and 4-spored. 



Fig. 42. H. cantharellus 



