The North American species of Pholiota, by Alexander H. Smith and L. R. Hesler.

Smith ~ Hesler

387

Flammula olivacea Pat.
Coll. by Duss, on dead wood, near Basse-Terre, Martinique, No. 53,
Patouillard, Farlow Herb.
Spores 5.5-7.5 X 3.5-4.5 /u, ellipsoid to subovoid, truncate from a
broad germ pore, smooth, brown in 2% KOH, and in Melzer's reagent.
Basidia (not in condition for study). Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia
none found. Cuticle repent, bearing clusters of brownish more or less
erect hyphae. Clamp connections present. Caulocystidia none.
This is a Pholiota (Kuehneromyces-type).
Flammula vinicolor Pat.
Coll. Duss, Saint Pierre, Martinque, on dead wood, July 1889 (type),
Farlow Herb.
Spores (5.5) 6.5-8 X (3.5) 4-4.5 /A, ellipsoid to subovoid, truncate
from a broad germ pore, smooth, brown in KOH, yellowish brown in
Melzer's reagent. Basidia unsuitable for study. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia not found. Gill trama undulating subparallel, hyphae 3-5,/
broad; subhymenium not distinctive. Pileus trama radial. Cuticles repent,
with scattered, low mounds of colorless, clavate to cylindric pileocystidia,
23-32 x 3-6 ul. Clamp connections none found. Caulocystidia none.
This is a Pholiota (Kuehneromyces).