SI BS1 CTH >\ IDC IK H \ BJ 177 



repent livpliae. a cutis. No li\ poderinimn. Tilens traina of radial by- 



phae. Clamp connections present on the cuticulai and gill trama liv- 

 pliae. 



Habit, Habitat, \nd Distbibution — On hare soil or iii deep hu- 

 mus, in deciduous and mixed woods. Tennessee, North Carolina, and 



Trinidad, August and September. 



\1 \ 1 EBJ \i. SrUDlED — NORTH CABO] l\ \: Smith L0644 | t\ pe | ; I lesler 



14423, 17951, 18628, 20463. Tennessee: Hesler 22668, 23195, 23221, 



24513; Hesler & Sharp 14423; Smith L4872. mu\h>\i>: Dennis 51. 



Observations — This is a handsome, small, white species with 

 plenroevstidia and eheiloeystidia. In the original description, a spore 

 deposit was not available, and the spore measurements were errone- 

 ously reported to he 4-5 • 3-4 /*. subglobose. Subsequent collections 

 yielded spore deposits in which the spores are 5-6.5 X 3-4 yu., ellipsoid 

 to pip-shaped or subovoid. Spores from the lamellae are at times 

 found to be immature and smaller than those from deposits. Although 

 the basidia are short for an Hygrophorus, the obvious waxy consist- 

 ency of the lamellae influences us to place it in this genus rather than 

 in Tricholoma. 



Dennis (1953) reports this species from Trinidad. He finds the 

 spores subglobose, 4.5-7 X 4-5.5 /a; basidia 2- or 4-spored. 25-30 X 

 6-7 /a; pleurocystidia and eheiloeystidia similar, delicate, ventricose, 

 with long tapering apices, necks and pointed apices 4.5-60 x 8 /x below, 

 2-3 ix above. 

 Fig. 51. //. subaustrcdis 



