308 SECTION HYGROPHORUS 



Fig. 95. H. paludosoides 



fibrillose veil present. KOH on apex of stipe instantly orange, also 

 orange on gluten. 



Spores 7-9 X 5-5.5 /a, smooth, ellipsoid, non-amyloid. Basidia 

 4-spored. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia none. Gill trama divergent. 

 Epicutis of pileus a thick layer of gelatinous hyphae yellowish in 

 KOH, and with considerable amorphous debris in the layer, the 

 hyphae 3-4.5 fx in diameter and most crooked to coiled. Clamp connec- 

 tions present. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distbibution — Gregarious or subcaespitose, 

 under beech, Michigan, September-October. Type collected by 

 A. H. Smith 64303, Haven Hill, Highlands, Mich, Sept. 16, 1961. 



Material Studied — Michigan: Smith 64303, the type, and 

 Smith 64762. 



Obsebvations — This species was collected along with H. paladosus, 



