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Mycologia 



orange to greenish and blackish, becoming darker on drying. In 

 Oregon, plants were found over 13 cm. high. 



Seattle, Washington, Murrill 520, Tacoma, Washington, 

 Murrill ^24; Mill City, Oregon, Murrill 795; Portola, California, 

 McMurphy 55; British Columbia, A. L Hill 16, 55. 



2. Hydrocybe coccinea (Schaeff.) Karst. Hattsv. 234. 1879 



Hygrophorus coccineus (Schaeff.) Fries, Epicr. Myc. 330. 1838. 



Determined by Harper from fresh material. Spores ellipsoid, 

 papillate at the side of the base where attached, hyaline with a 

 slightly yellowish tint, 8-10 X 5-6 /x. 



Muir Woods, California, Harper 61; Kings Mountain, Cali- 

 fornia, under redwoods, Dudley 164. 



3. Hydrocybe constans sp. nov. 



Pileus convex, slightly umbilicate, gregarious, 1.5 cm. broad; 

 surface glabrous, shining, not viscid, uniformly red, unchanging 

 on drying, striate from the margin half way to the center ; lamel- 

 lae adnate with decurrent tooth, rather distant, plane or arcuate, 

 testaceous-flavous ; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7X4)"'; stipe 

 hollow, subequal, smooth, glabrous, concolorous above, ochra- 

 ceous at the base, 7 cm. long, 5 mm. thick. 



Type collected in moss in low woods at Mill City, Oregon, 

 November 9, 191 1, W. A. Murrill 814. This species resembles 

 Hygrophorus miniatus Fries in its form and brilliant red coloring, 

 but does not fade on drying. 



4. Hydrocybe arenicola sp. nov. 



Pileus convex to slightly depressed, gregarious, reaching 7.5 

 cm. broad; surface sticky but not slimy, smooth, glabrous, mel- 

 leous, with a ferruginous-ochraceous tint as the plants become 

 older, usually blackish at the center; lamellae short-decurrent, 

 arcuate to plane, venose-connected, distant, thin, whitish to creme- 

 ous, flavous on drying ; spores ovoid, tapering at one end, smooth, 

 hyaline, 7 X 4 ; stipe subequal, sticky, smooth, glabrous, pale- 

 melleous, hollow, 5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. thick. 



Type collected on the ground in sandy pine barrens on the im- 

 mediate coast at Newport, Oregon, November 13, 191 1, W. A. 

 Murrill 104^. 



