Si BSECTIOh HYGROCYBE 178 



species epithet With HygrophotUS prior to Mm rill's publication. How- 

 ever, this is one of those combinations which arc rusiU missed in a 

 Survey of the literature. 



rlongo L952a) describes //. aurantius from Japan. 



91 



Hygrophorus flavoluteus Murr. Murr. 



Mycologia 4: 332. L912 



Hydrocybe flavolutea Murr., Mycologia 3: 196. L911. 



Illustration: 

 Fig. 2d. 



Pileus 1.3 cm broad. 5 mm high, convex, luteous, with taint traces 

 of red, polished, slight!) viscid, radiate-striate. 



Lamellae apparently free, but reallv connected by slender threads 

 of tissue across the disc to which the stipe is attached, rlavous, close, 

 rather broad, slightly ventricose, several lamellulae. 



Stipe 2.2 cm long. 1.5 mm thick, citrinous, whitish-tomentose and 

 slightlv enlarged at the base, equal above, smooth, glabrous. 



Spores .5-7 x .5-6 /a, globose to subglobose, smooth, pale yellowish 

 in Melzer's reagent. Basidia 40-52 X 7-8 /a, 4-spored. Pleuroeystidia 

 none; cheilocvstidia 16-41 x 6-16 /*, versiform: vesiculose, pyriform, 

 cuneiform, clavate. Gill trama subparallel. Cuticle composed of vesicu- 

 lose cells, an epithelium, not a palisade. No hypodermium. Pileus trama 

 very thin, of pseudoparenchvma. Pileus flesh extremely thin. Clamp 

 connections none. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distribution — On soil, on a bank. Jamaica 

 and Mexico, December-January. 



Material Studied — Jamaica: Murrill 527 (type, from Cinchona, 

 Dec. 25-Jan. 8, 1908-09). 



Observations — The cellular cuticle of H. fia volute us separates it 

 at once from its seemingly near relatiyes. The microscopic characters 

 described aboye are based on our obser\ ation and study of the type. 



92 



Hygrophorus earlei ( Murr. ) Murr. 



Mycologia 4: 332. 1912 



Hydrocylx' earlei Murr., Mycologia 3: 196. 1911. 



Illustration: 

 Fig. 8d. 



Pileus 3 cm broad, conyex, pale reddish yellow, glabrous, silky- 

 shining, margin at times striate. Context yellow, mild. 



