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Fig. 45. //. squamuloi 



red, concolorous within except for the white pith, frequently com- 

 pressed, equal, hollow, apex white-pruinose, glabrous elsewhere. 



Spores 6-8(9) X 4-5 /x, subellipsoid, smooth, pale yellow in Mel- 

 zer's reagent. Basidia 30-46 X 5-7(8) /a, 2- and 4-spored. Pleuroevstidia 

 none, cheilocystidia 40-50 X 3-6 /x, occasional, filamentous, often flexu- 

 ous. Gill trama parallel to subparallel, hyphae 8-20 /x broad, yellowish 

 in Melzer's reagent. Pileus trama homogeneous. Cuticle a turf -like cov- 

 ering of upright or subappressed, septate, more or less constricted hy- 

 phae, the terminal element often clavate. Clamp connections present 

 on the cuticular hyphae. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distbibution — Scattered to gregarious, par- 

 ticularly around rotten stumps and very rotten logs, Ontario, Massachu- 

 setts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, and Washing- 

 ton, August-September. 



Matebial Studied — Michigan: Imshaug 3786; Smith 7045, 10958, 

 50099, 50482, Whitmore Lake, Aug. 13 and Sept. 1, 1929. new jers 5 : 

 Ellis & Everhart, N. A. Fungi, 1912. Pennsylvania: Kauffman, \lt. 

 Gretna, Sept. 8 and 11, 1924, and Sept. 1, 1926. Tennessee: Sharp \ 136; 

 Sharp & Hesler 12761; Hesler 13873. Washington: Smith 49244. Can- 

 ada: Cain, Ontario, Sept. 5, 1936; Smith 26328. Netherlands: Bas 694. 



Observations — We have varied, from time to time, in our opin- 



