362 SECTION HYGROPHORUS 



radially disposed hyphae. Clamp connections present. 



Habit, Habitat, and Distbibutiox — Gregarious in a pine barren, 

 Oregon, October. 



Material Studied — Oregon: Smith 25005 (type, from Rhododen- 

 dron, Oct. 27, 1946). 



Observations — When collected, the specimens were in perfect 

 condition, but no evidence of a gelatinous veil over the stipe was pres- 

 ent, nor were there any indications that such a veil had ever been pres- 

 ent. In all other characters the fungus appears to be H. hypothejus, 

 and it is worthy of note because of the number of "parallel species" of 

 the kind in the subgenus Hygrophorus. There is H. voriicolor Murr. 

 and H. bakerensis Sm. & Hes. from the Cascades, which form a similar 

 pair. Since the subgenus Hygrophorus has been divided on the basis 

 of the presence or absence of a universal glutinous veil, it is interesting 

 to see how closely related species can become widely separated in such 

 a classification. However, if one places primary emphasis on color of 

 pileus, one still encounters the same problem ( see H. pudorinus f . sub- 

 cinereus). H. lucorum sensu Kiihner & Romagnesi may belong here, 

 but the color of the pileus as given is too pale and certainly not 

 flbrillose-streaked as in H. hypothejus. 



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Fig. 114. 



H. siccipes 



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