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H. laetissimus 



orange to yellowish and opaque, not fading appreciably, margin in- 

 curved at first, spreading in age, viscid, glabrous. Context dull yellow 

 except for a thin red subseparable pellicle; odor and taste not distinc- 

 tive. 



Lamellae narrowly adnate to adnexed "peach red" ( rufous with a 

 tinge of pink) near the margin, "orange chrome" near the stipe (bril- 

 liant orange), broad (up to 8-10 mm), subdistant (50 more or less 

 reach the stipe), thick but the edges thin. 



Stipe 4-6 cm long, 10-30 mm thick, white, the base splashed with 

 scarlet or yellow, equal above a constricted base, hollow, fragile sur- 

 face somewhat furfuraceous above, glabrous below. 



Spores 7-10 X 4-5 /x, mostly ellipsoid, some subovoid or at least one 

 end broader, smooth, yellowish in Melzer's reagent. Basidia 40-60 X 

 6-9 /x, mostly 4-spored, some 2-spored. Pleurocystidia and cheilocvs- 

 tidia none. Gill trama subparallel, hyphae 4-10 fx broad. Cuticle a con- 

 spicuous gelatinous zone, 100-125 /x thick, with imbedded interwoven 

 hyphae, an ixocutis. No hypodermium differentiated. Pileus trama of 

 radial hyphae. Clamp connections on the articular hyphae few, often 

 small and inconspicuous. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distribution — Scattered under redwoods. 

 California, November. 



