236 SECTION HYGROCYBE 



Spores 5-7 X 3-4.5 /*, ellipsoid, smooth, pale yellowish in Melzer's 

 reagent. Basidia 34-43 x 5-6 /x, 2- and 4-spored. Pleurocystidia none; 

 cheilocystidia abundant or rare, 28-36 x 1.5-2.3 /x, cylindric. Gill trama 

 subparallel. Cuticle gelatinous, fibrillose, the hyphae repent to more or 

 less erect. Clamp connections present on the cuticular hyphae. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distbibution — On soil, British Honduras, 

 Trinidad, Florida, Michigan, and Washington, August-October. 



Matebial Studied — bbitish hondubas: Morton E. Peck (type, 

 deposited in New York Bot. Gard. Herb., 1906). flobida: Singer 

 F560A. Michigan: Smith 57505. tbinidad: Dennis 91, 91B (Kew 

 Herb.). Washington: Smith 18021. 



Obsebvations — The type consists of one carpophore in which the 

 lamellae have in part been devoured, and the pileus is slightly moldy. 

 The description of the microscopic characters given above is based on 

 our study of the type. 



Dennis (1953) has compared the type with his two collections 

 from Trinidad (No. 91, September 29, 1949; and No. 91B, October 27, 

 1949). He reports the pileus in his collections grenadine red to light 

 cadmium; the context hygrophanous, deep yellow; the lamellae ivory 

 yellow, subdistant; the spores 5.5-8 X 3-4.5 fx; a cystidia none. There is 



Fig. 69. H. hondurensis 



