250 SECTION HYGROPHORUS 



cheilocystidia none. Gill trama of divergent hyphae, 4-10 /x broad. Cu- 

 ticle an ixoeutis, a zone of gelatinous hyphae 120-200 ^ thick, hyphae 

 3-5 fx broad, more or less repent, periclinally disposed and parallel, but 

 at intervals exhibiting erect columns of hvphae (the floccose granules). 

 No distinct hypodermium differentiated. Pileus trama compactly inter- 

 woven, hyphae both periclinally and radially disposed. Clamp connec- 

 tions present on the cuticular hyphae. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distbibution — On soil, in conifer woods, 

 general in the United States, Canada, and Europe, July-January. 



Matebial Studied — abizona: Lowe 9262. califobnia: Pusateri 7; 

 Smith 8411, 8846. colobado: Cotner, Tolland, Aug. 26, 1920; Smith 

 52287, 52359, 52518, 52800, 52949. idaho: Gruber 525; Smith 15913, 

 16019, 44621, 44599, 47066, 53332, 53399, 53456, 54547, 58443, 59038, 

 60203; Smith & Bigelow 42002, 46555; Westerdale & Smith 59652. 

 Michigan: Bailey 142; Smith 1138, 43068, 43975. Montana: Smith 

 57069. new Mexico: Barrows 215. new yobk: Kauffman, Ithaca, Oct. 

 17, 1902; Smith 973. obegon: Sipe 85; Smith 8013, 8112, 8126, 8901, 

 9121, 20046, 27947, 28139. Tennessee: Hesler 16575, 19472, 20189. 



Fig. 72. H. chrysodon 



