North American species of Mycena.

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above the white-strigose base, moist to subviscid to the touch but no
gelatinous surface layer demonstrable in dried specimens, concolorous
with the pileus or paler above, often "avellaneous" except for the
whitish;apex.
Spores narrowly ellipsoid, 10-12 X 5-6 A, amyloid; basidia fourspored, 28-30 X 7-8 u; cheilocystidia very numerous, ventricose with
a rather abruptly tapered neck, the elongated portion occasionally
forked, the ventricose portion smooth, 36-54 X 9-14,; pleurocystidia abundant, 65-95 X 10-14,, ventricose to nearly equal, with a
long, cylindric neck usually tapered abruptly to a point, smooth, the
apices sometimes forked or branched; gill trama dark vinaceous brown
in iodine; pileus trama with a thin adnate pellicle over the surface,
the tramal body composed entirely of inflated hyphal cells, subhymenium very narrow, becoming vinaceous brown beneath the
pellicle in iodine; stipe tissue dark vinaceous brown in iodine.
Habit, habitat, and distribution.-Gregarious on needle beds under
hemlock in Washington during October and under redwood in California during November.
Material studied.-Smith, 9044. Kauffman, 1925, Lake Quinault,
Washington.
Observations.-The only specimens seen in the fresh condition
were those from California. They were mature and, although they
had endured a heavy rain, were still in good condition. No indications of a white milklike juice or latex were noted when the stipes
were fractured. The stems were slightly sticky to the touch, but no
gelatinous layer was observed in sections. If originally present, the
gelatinous layer must have been washed off by the rain, as sometimes
happens to carpophores of M. quinaultensis. The question of the
subgeneric position of the species still remains unsettled. Ktihner
(1938) su ggests a relationship with M. galopus. I have examined
the stipes of some specimens of the type collection and find that they
possess scattered hyphae with granular contents similar to those
found in M. galopus. This, when considered in connection with the
spores ard eystidia, might lead one to place M.fusco-ocula in synonymy
with M. galopus. Because of certain discrepancies I do not believe
that such a conclusion is justified at present. Kauffman's notes
describe the stem as subviscid and elastic, and he distinctly mentioned
young and'old carpophores. He did not mention a milklike juice,
and it i's'reasonable to assume, since he was working on a monograph
of Mycena at the time he collected his material, that he checked that