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Fig. 85. H. speciosus var. kauffmanii 



Spores 8-10 X 5-6 n, ellipsoid, smooth, pale yellow in Melzer's rea- 

 gent. Basidia 38-55 X 6-8 /x, 4-spored. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia 

 none. Gill trama divergent, hyphae 4-15 fx. Cuticle of repent to more or 

 less erect, gelatinous hyphae, 2-4 fx broad. No hypodermium differen- 

 tiated. Pileus trama of radial hyphae. Clamp connections on the cuticu- 

 lar and gill trama hyphae. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distbibution — Scattered to gregarious, un- 

 der pine, cedar, tamarack, and spruce, and in Sphagnum bogs, Maine, 

 Massachusetts, and Michigan, October. 



Matebial Studied — Michigan: Smith 43891, 50929 (type, Mud 

 Lake Bog, Cheboygan Co., Oct. 9, 1955). 



Obsebvations — Farlow (1929) reports it from Maine and Massa- 

 chusetts, on swampy ground, usually under or near tamarack trees. For 

 further discussion, see under the account of H. speciosus var. speciosus. 



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Hygrophorus whiteii, sp. nov. 



Pileus 2.5-5 cm latus, convexus, "warm buff," viscidus, glaber; caro 

 alba, tenuis, odore et gustu mitis; lamellae decurrentes, modice arcua- 

 tae, "warm buff," subdistantes, modice latae; stipes 4-7 cm longus, 5-8 

 mm crassus, pallidus, viscidus; sporae 9-11 X 5-6(7) ^, ellipsoideae. 

 Specimen typicum in Herb. Univ. Mich, conservatum; ledum Patrick 

 Point, Calif., Dec. 15, 1956, A. H. Smith 56693. 



Pileus 2.5-5 cm broad, convex, expanding somewhat convex, "warm 

 buff," viscid, glabrous, margin even. Context white, thin; odor and 

 taste not distinctive. 



Lamellae decurrent, more or less arcuate, "warm buff," subdistant, 



