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3. Marasmiellus purpureus (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill. 
Marasmius purpureus Berk. & Curt. Jour. Linn. Soc, 10: 299. 1868. 
Pileus thin, convex to plane, 18 mm. broad; surface purple, tomentose, margin sulcate: 
lamellae adnexed, distant, broad, purple, interspaces smooth: stipe eccentric, short, white, 
solid, increasing above, 2-4 mm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba. 
Hasitat: On stumps in woods. , 
DistRiBution: Known only from the type locality.. 
17. PANELLUS P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 96. 1879. 
Rhipidium Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 2: 742. 1833. Not Ripidium Trin. 1820. 
Hemicybe P. Karst. Bidr. Fini. Nat. Folk 32: 248. 1879. 
Pileus fleshy-tough to slightly woody, reviving, dimidiate: lamellae radiating from a lateral 
point: spores hyaline: stipe lateral or none: veil none. 
Type species, Panellus stypticus (Bull.) P. Karst. 
Hymenophore 1-3 cm. broad, isabelline; context strongly astringent; stipe . 
short, lateral. 1. P. stypticus. 
Hymenophore not as above. . 
Tropical species. 
Lamellae very crowded and narrow. 
Pileus avellaneous. 
Pileus white or yellowish. : 
Lameilae dichotomous, the edges quite obtuse. 
Lamellae not dichotomous, the edges thin. 
Stipe tomentose, distinct. 
Stipe glabrous, usually a mere tubercle. 
Lamellae rather distant and broader; pileus sessile. 
Temperate species. 
Pileus 1-3 em. broad. 
Surface of pileus umbrinous, fading to white; lamellae um- 
brinous to black. 7. P. dealbatus. 
Surface of pileus ochraceous to luteous; lamellae white or 
yellowish. 8. P. haematopus. 
Pileus 5-10 cm, broad. 
Surface of pileus conspicuously villose-tomentose, reddish- 
brown. 9. P. ursinus. 
Surface of pileus floccose-scrupose, radiate-costate, alutaceous. 10. P. vulpinus. 
. jalapensis. 
. cantharelloides. 
. subcantharelloides. 
. flabellatus. 
. eugrammus. 
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1. Panellus stypticus (Bull.) P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 96. 1879. 
Agaricus styplicus Bull. Herb. Fr. pl. 140. 1782. 
Panus stypticus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 399. 1838. 
Pileus tough, conchate, spatulate to reniform, about 1-3 cm. broad; surface isabelline to 
subfulvous, nearly even, zoned at times, the cuticle breaking into granules or small scales, 
margin entire or lobed, incurved when young: context thin, firm, rather tough, watery-white, 
taste not always evident at once, but becoming strongly acrid and astringent; lamellae narrow, 
thin, crowded, interveined, isabelline, determinate: spores globose, smooth, hyaline, 2-4 X1~3 p: 
stipe lateral, short, swollen above, solid, compressed, pruinose, pale-isabelline or dull-white 
above, darker below. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France. 
Hasrtrat: On stumps of deciduous trees in woods. 
DistRiBuTION: Temperate North America; Sir John Peak, Jamaica, and Jalapa, Vera Cruz; 
also in Europe and Asia. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. Herb. Fr. pl. 140; Gill. Champ. Fr. pl. 248 (510); Hard, Mushrooms f. 178; 
Hussey, Ill. Brit. Myc. 2: pl. 8; Mycologia 3: pl. 40, f. 16; Sow. Engl. Fungi pl. 104. 
2. Panellus jalapensis Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus rather thin, opaque, petal-shaped, convex, cespitose, 2-4 cm. broad; surface finely 
striate, pubescent to glabrous, tomentose behind, avellaneous, margin nearly white, isabelline 
and strongly incurved on drying: context fleshy, white, with a sweet, farinaceous taste; lamellae 
white, narrow, crowded, inserted, not forked, very attenuate and decurrent behind, the edges 
slightly toothed at times, especially toward the margin: stipe very short, eccentric to nearly 
lateral, tapering to the base, white, tomentose, 5-8 mm. long, about 2—4 mm. thick. 
Type collected on a log in woods near Jala ya, Mexico, D b — 
Murr ith (eae Ne een, na, Jalap exico, December 12-20, 1909, W. A. & Edna L. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
