SUBSECTION CAMAROPHYLLI 321 



handled, apex minutely scurf v, and points quickly dark brown in 

 KOH. 



Spores 6.-5-8(9) x 4-5 /*, ellipsoid, smooth, not revived, amyloid. 

 Basidia 4-spored, dingy yellowish in KOH. Pleurocystidia and cheilo- 

 cystidia none. Gill trama divergent. Epicutis of pileus a tangled mass 

 of hyphae 3-5 fi in diameter, refractive in KOH (but not gelatinous in 

 the usual sense ) , originating as a trichodermium but the structure soon 

 collapsing. Clamp connections present. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distbibutiox — Gregarious under hardwoods, 

 beech, oak, etc., summer and fall, Michigan. 



Material Studied — Michigan: Smith 64389, 64266, 64245. 



Observations — We doubt that this species is H. chrysaspis as 

 originally described by Metrod. The hyphae forming the epicutis of 

 the pileus are broader (1.5 as compared to 3-5 p), and Metrod, al- 

 though mentioning yellow drops on the stipe, stated clearly that the 

 stipe was viscid, which means to us that it must have had a glutinous 



Fig. 100. H. pseudochrysaspis 



