328 SECTION HYGROPHORUS 



stuffed, tapered toward the base, often flexuous "perhaps subviscid" 

 (Rea), white, apex dotted with white dots or squamules, appressed 

 fibrillose and nearly glabrous below. 



Spores 7-9.5 X 4-5.5 ll, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, non-amyloid. 

 Basidia 4-spored, 34-42 X 6-8 fx, hyaline in KOH. Pleurocystidia and 

 cheilocystidia none. Gill trama of divergent hyphae (but in revived 

 material the picture is often obscured by incomplete reviving of the 

 hyphae). Pileus epicutis of hyaline gelatinous narrow hyphae more or 

 less interwoven. Clamp connections present. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distribution — Sainta Ynez Valley near Para- 

 dise Camp, Santa Barbara County, Calif. On the ground in oak woods, 

 Feb. 9, 1940, Paul Marshall Rea H361. The type was growing under 

 oak near Searsville Lake, Calif., Dec. 28, 1902, McMurphy 61. 



Observations — We were at first inclined to the opinion that 

 Clitocybe albicastanea Murr. was the same as H. chrysaspis, partly be- 

 cause Murrill reduced his species to synonymy under H. ehurneus. 

 However, there is no indication from anyone that C. albicastanea 

 ever had a glutinous veil, and Rea's notes support McMurphy's ob- 

 servations indicating none was present. Rea's description of the stipe as 

 "perhaps subviscid" can mean only one thing, that the stipe was soft 

 and slightly tacky to the touch, as is the cap of Inocxjbe geophylh 

 when it is wet. Hence, it is legitimate to regard H. albicastaneus as 

 belonging in section Clitocyboides where it is closely related to 

 H. variicolor, but distinct because it is white at first. 



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Hygrophorus marzuolus ( Fr. ) Bres. 



Atti. Accad. Agiati Rovereto II: 3. 1893 



Agaricus marzuolus Fr., Syst. Myc. 1: 84. 1821. 



Illustration: 



Dumee, Granjean, et Maire, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France, tab. 28, pi. 15. 



Pileus 4-7 cm broad, convex, expanding, disc whitish, marginal 

 portion gray, radiately streaked, viscid, margin even. Context watery- 

 pallid and gray-punctate; odor and taste none. 



Lamellae adnate to adnexed, gray, unchanging, distant, broad. 



Stipe 5-7 cm long, 8-12 mm thick, gray above, pallid below, 

 moist, not viscid. 



Spores 7-8.5 X 4.5-5 /x, ellipsoid, smooth, yellowish in Melzer's 

 reagent. Basidia 48-69 X (6)7-9 fx, mostly 4-spored, a few 2-spored. 

 Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia none. Gill trama divergent, hyphae 

 5-9 ix broad. Cuticle a narrow (60-85 ix) gelatinous zone of repent 



