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Mycologia 



Type collected on the ground under tree-ferns at Morce's Gap, 

 Jamaica, 5,000 ft. elevation, December 29, 30, January 2, 1908-9, 

 W. A. & Edna L. Murrill 6/4. 



11. Hydrocybe subminiata sp. nov. 



Pileus convex to plane, at length irregular, 1.5 cm. broad; sur- 

 face viscid, smooth, miniatous, varying slightly in places, margin 

 undulate ; lamellae decurrent, few, whitish to ochraceous ; spores 

 oblong-ellipsoid, often constricted at the middle, smooth, hyaline, 

 about 9 X 5 At ; stipe terete, crooked, slightly enlarged above, gla- 

 brous, luteous, 3 cm. long, 2 mm. thick. 



Type collected in soil on a shaded bank at Chester Vale, Jamaica, 

 3,000 ft. elevation, December 23, 1908, W. A. & Edna L. Murrill 

 369. Also collected on the ground under tree-ferns at Morce's 

 Gap, Jamaica, December 29, 30, January 2, 1908-9, W. A. & 

 Edna L. Murrill 6J2. What appears to be the same species was 

 collected near Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, September 11, 1904, 

 F. S. Earle 181. 



12. Hydrocybe troyana sp. nov. 



Pileus subhemispheric to convex, solitary, 1-1.5 cm. broad, 3 

 mm. high ; surface smooth, viscid when wet, ferruginous ; lamellae 

 decurrent, violaceous, distant, rather broad, two or three times 

 inserted ; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 7-9 X 4-5 \*> ; stipe gla- 

 brous, cylindric, latericious above, paler below, changing to flavous 

 at the base, 4 cm. long, 2.5 mm. thick. 



Collected on the ground in Troy and Tyre, Jamaica, January 

 12-14, I 9°9» W' A. Murrill & W. Harris 10/8 (type), 109c. This 

 is a smaller species than H. coccineus, with ferruginous hues on 

 the surface of the pileus and violet-tinted lamellae. 



Doubtful Species 



Hygrophorus miniatus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 330. 1838. This 

 common temperate species has been reported by Duss upon 

 various kinds of dead wood in Guadeloupe. 



Hygrophorus? variolosus Fries, Nova Acta Soc. Sci. Upsal. III. 

 1: 29. 1851. Described from collections in Costa Rica by Oer- 

 sted, who made colored drawings of fresh specimens and also 

 preserved some in alcohol. These specimens could not be found 



