Si BSJ CT/OA IIYCIIOC) BE 185 



Maryland, New York. Maine, and Massachusetts; Canada (Ontario 

 also Greenland, Europe, and Japan; summer and autumn. 



Material Studded — Alabama: Burke 84. < ujfornia: Smith 9360 

 9415. Florida: Hosier 21060. maine: Bigelow 3785, 4701; Rea 173. 



MARYLAND: kanlhnan. Cabin John, Aug. L9, L919. MASSACHUSETTS: 



Bigelow 8427, 9136. Michigan: Kauffman, Marquette, Vug. 27, L906, 

 Roek River, Sept. 14, L929, 285; Smith 38291; Thiers 3643, 3872. north 

 Carolina: Hesler 16437, 17074, 17151, 22111. Oregon: Kauffman, Mt. 

 Hood, Oct. 10, L922. Pennsylvania: Overholts, Huntington Co., Sept. 3, 

 1933. Tennessee: Hesler 4462, 4463, 7873, 9566, 10925, 16576, 17671. 

 18287, 20188, 23526. Washington: Brown, Lake Quinnault, Oct. 1925; 

 Smith, Mt. Rainier, Sept. 8, 1948; Stuntz, Mt. Rainier National Park. 

 Sept. 18, 1948. canada (Ontario): Smith 4739. Denmark: |. P. fensen, 

 five collections (Hesler 23931, 23932, 23933, 23934, 23935). nether- 

 lands: Bas 1675. 



Observations — Material collected near Lyon, France, and identi- 

 fied as H. coccineus by Josserand was communicated to Smith. It is the 

 same as the material described above from California. Ricken's de- 

 scription applies remarkably well to all of these specimens, and so we 

 have used the name in the sense that he used it. Ricken emphasized 

 that the cap was more moist than viscid. Fries, however, described the 

 pilei of both H. coccineus and H. puniceus as viscid. Hence there ap- 

 pears to be a possibility that the H. coccineus of Ricken and that of 

 Fries are different. The specimens from California failed to show a 

 distinct gelatinous pellicle either fresh or when revived, and no such 

 layer was found on those from Josserand. Specimens of H. puniceus 

 sectioned and compared under the microscope showed a very well- 

 developed pellicle even on the oldest fruiting bodies. In spite of its 

 lack of a pellicle, H. coccineus may feel slightly viscid when moist, and 

 this may account for the statements to that effect in the literature. The 

 color cf the base of the stipe is very likely to lead one into trouble 

 if he attempts to put much emphasis upon it. In H. puniceus accord- 

 ing to our experience, it may be either whitish or yellow, most often 

 white. In H. coccineus it is usually orange, but may appear white be- 

 cause of a thin coating of white mycelium which develops under moist 

 conditions; neither is there any appreciable difference in spore size. 

 The specimens of H. coccineus from France had spores 7-10 X 4-5 fx. 

 Ricken gives them as 7-9 X 5 ^, and in the California collection they 

 were 7-9 X 5 /x. In H. puniceus they measure 8-10 X 5-6 ^. Kauffman 

 gave them as 9-12 X 4-5 fx for H. puniceus and 7-9 x 5-6 p lor //. coc- 

 cineus. These differences do not appear significant, and in addition it 

 is possible that the larger spores in some of Kauffman's material came 



