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PileilS 2-3 cm broad, convex to plane or depressed, ruber when 

 young, ininiatoiis when colder, subcaespitose. 



Lamellae adnate or slightl) decurrent. w liite to sti amineoiis. broad, 

 almost distant, inserted. 



Stipe 3 cm Long, 5 mm or more thick, luteous or paler yellowish, 

 cylindric to slightly flattened, smooth, glabrous. 



Spores 7.5-10 x 4.5-6 p, ellipsoid, smooth, yellowish in Melzer's 

 reagent. Basidia 32-46x6-9 p, 2-spored. Pleurocystidia and cheilo- 

 cystidia none, Gill trama subparallel to slightl) Interwoven. Cuticle oi 

 repent hyphae (a cutis); at times with some tree ends erect. No bypo- 

 dermium differentiated. Pileus trama of radial hyphae. Clamp connec- 

 tions present on the cuticular hyphae. 



11 \bit. Habitat, and DISTRIBUTION — On rich soil under tree terns. 

 Jamaica, December-January. 



Material Studied — Jamaica: Murrill 750 (type, from Morce's 

 Gap, 5000 ft. elevation, Dee. 29. 30, Jan. 2. 1908-09). 



Observations — The microscopic characters given above are based 

 on our study of the type. 



This species is related to H. coccineus and H. ravenelii, but dif- 

 fers in its colors and habit of growth. 



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Hygrophorus coccineus (Fr. ) Fr. sensu Ricken 

 Epicr. Myc. p. 330. 1838 



Agaricus coccineus Fr.. Syst. Myc. 1: 105. 1821. 



Hygrocybe coccinca (Fr. ) Kummer, Fiihr. in Pilzk.. p. 112. 1871. 



Illustrations: 



Color photograph, front cover; fig. 52; also 6. 



Bresadola, Icon. Myc, tab. 344. 



Juillard-Hartmann, Icon. Champ., pi. 47, fig. 3. 



Lange, Flora Agar. Dan.. 5. pi. 168G (as Hygrocybe). 



Murrill. Mvcologia 2. pi. 27. fig. 7. 



Pomerleau, Mushrooms of Eastern Canada and the I'. S.. fig. 16C, 



and pi. 2, fig. 6. 

 Ramsbottom. Mushrooms and Toadstools, pi. 13a. 

 Smith and Hesler. Lloydia 5. pi. 4. 

 Wakefield and Dennis, Common British Fungi, pi. 36, fig. 4. 



Pileus 2-5 cm broad, obtuselv conic with an incurved margin when 

 young, obtuselv umbonate, with a spreading margin in age. 'Nopal red" 

 to "spectrum red," fading somewhat, smooth, glabrous, moist or sub- 

 lubricous to subviscid. lacking a well-defined gelatinous pellicle, mar- 

 gin opaque or faintly striatulate when moist. Context reddish to 

 orange, waxy, fragile; odor none, taste mild. 



Lamellae broadly adnate to adnexed, often with a decurrent tooth. 



