SUBSECTIOX HYGROPHORl S 2.59 



tig. 76. H. glutinosus 



the collar (subventricose), gluten leaving pale yellowish-brown stains 

 or spots (simulating reticulations), apex when fresh dotted with 

 watery-drops which on drying form reddish glandular dots, solid. 



Spores 8-10( 12) x 5-6(7) ft, ellipsoidal, smooth, white in deposits, 

 yellowish in Melzer's reagent. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia none. 

 Basidia (48)56-60 X 8-10 fx, 2- and 4-spored. Gill trama of divergent 

 hyphae, 7-9 /x broad. Cuticle a gelatinous zone, 350-600 p. thick, hyphae 

 loosely tangled, tending toward being erect (as in H. gliocijclus), nar- 

 row (2-5 /x), yellowish. Hvpodermium distinct, composed of parallel, 

 periclinally disposed, narrow hyphae. Pileus trama of radially disposed 

 hyphae. Clamp connections present on the cuticular hyphae but rare. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distribution — On soil, in deciduous woods, 

 Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oregon, September- 

 December. 



Material Studied — Michigan: Smith 15439, 57873. new york: 



