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Fig. 81. H. laurae 



nessee: Hesler 19402; Jones 4459; Sharp 14050. Canada: (Ontario) 

 Kelly 1273; Smith 4881. 



Observations — In most of our dried material the pileus is pale 

 buff with a paler margin. In Tennessee collection No. 14050, the pileus 

 is "warm buff" with a tinge of brown on the disc, suggesting H. laurae 

 var. decipiens Pk. In another Tennessee collection (No. 19402) the 

 pileus when dried is "cinnamon" to "cinnamon-buff." The squamules 

 over the stipe-apex dry white or pale vellowish. H. laurae is distin- 

 guished from H. flavodiscus bv the colors of both fresh and dried 

 specimens. 



