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Peck, \. v. state Mus. Mem. 3, pi. 51, figs. 13-20. 



Thomas, Field Book <>l Common Cilled Mushrooms, pi. I", fig. 58. 



Wakefield and Dennis. ( .'oininon British Fungi, |)1. 35, B 



Pileus 2-4 cm broad, convex then expanded, deep lemon yellow, 

 disc at times orange-yellow, viscid, margin striate. Context thin, 

 yellowish; odor and taste mild. 



Lamellae adnexed. becoming cinar^inate. whitish to \ ellow isli. 

 rather close, narrow in front. 



Stipe* 3-7 cm long, 4-8 mm thick, viscid, concolorous with the 

 pileus, hollow, glabrous, equal, at times more or less compressed. 



Spores 6-8 X 4-5 //, ellipsoid, smooth, yellow in Mel/er's reagent. 

 Basidia 34-48 x 5-8 /*, 4-spored. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia none. 

 Gill trama parallel, hyphae 8-11(21) /x broad. Lactifers numerous, 

 conspicuously yellow in Melzer's reagent, 3-5 p broad. Cuticle (an 

 ixocntis) in the form of a thin zone of gelatinous, repent hyphae. No 

 hypodermium differentiated. Pileus trama of radial hyphae. Clamp 

 connections rare on the cuticular hyphae. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distribution — On soil, in open woods. 

 Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee, Idaho, and Washington: 

 Denmark; April-October. 



Material Studied — idaho: Smith 54397. maine: Bigelow 3142. 

 3526. Massachusetts: Bigelow 8162. Michigan: Smith 57351. Ten- 

 nessee: Smith & Hesler 21351. Washington: Smith 49129. Denmark: 

 J. P. Jensen, four collections (Hesler 23925a, 23926, 23927, 23928). 



Observations — In our previous studies (Smith and Hesler, 1942. 

 p. 68), it was stated that we had not seen fresh material. Since then. 

 fortunately, collections have been made by us as indicated above. 



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Hygrophorus hondurensis (Murr.) Murr. 



Mycologia 4: 332. 1912 



Hydrocybe hondurensis Murr., Mycologia 3: 197. 1911. 



Illustrations: 



Fig. 69; also 2h. 



Smith and Hesler, Lloydia 5, pi. 17. 



Dennis, Kew Bull. 2, 'fig. 9. 



Pileus 1-1.5 cm broad, convex to plane, slightly depressed, red to 

 luteous, very viscid, radiate-striate. Context deep yellow, thin. 



Lamellae short-decurrent, ivory yellow, rather narrow \ subdistant, 

 inserted. 



Stipe 3-4 cm long, 1-2 mm thick, lemon to deep chrome, very 

 viscid, equal. 



