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ion as to the proper status of this species in our classification, but at 

 present believe it should be recognized as a species distinct from H. 

 miniatus, on the presence of the cheilocystidia, though these are scat- 

 tered to rare, and its thicker and more squamulose pileus. 



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Hygrophorus subovinus, sp. nov. 



Illustrations: 



Fig. 46; also 2b, 2c. 



Pileus 1.5-3 cm lotus, convexus, cincreo-fuscus, hygrophanus, uvi- 

 dus sub-ater; odore suavis, gustu alkalinus; lamellae adnexae, albidae 

 vel cineraceae, contusae rufo-fuscae, latae, distantes; stipes 3-6 cm 

 longus, 4-8 mm crassus, cineraceus, siccatus sub-ater; sporae 5-6(7) x 

 5-6 [i, globosae vel subglobosae; pleurocystidia 56-115 x 6-10 fx, 

 cheilocystidia 46-52 X 2-3 ^. Specimen typicum in Herb. Univ. Tenn.; 

 ledum in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mts. National Park, Tenn., June 8, 

 1957, L. R. Hesler 22583. 



Pileus 1.5-3 cm broad, convex, expanding more or less convex, gray- 

 brown near "pale drab gray" (not matched), blackish when wet, some- 

 Fig. 46. H. subovinus 



