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The gills are more in number and darker than in H. elegam^ Lev., 

 and the whole habit different. 



* Marasmins plectophylVus ^ Mont. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. ser. iv. vol, i. 

 p. Ill, Spruce, n. 113. 



Hab. On wood. Panure. 



Distinguished at once from allied species by its short farinose or 

 furfuraceous stem. 



515. M. limd'mu^^ n. s. ; pileo campanulato albo opaco, centro umbi- 

 licato venoso-rugoso, margine crenato ; stipite pallide umbrino strigoso- 

 affixo ] lamellis paucis angustis, interstitiis latissimis ut plurimum Isevi- 

 bus. Spruce, n. 31. 



Hab. On dead leaves. Panure. March, 1853. 



White or cream-coloured. Pileus 1 inch across, campanulate, umbi- 

 licate and venoso-rugose in the centre, marked with radiating lines ; 

 margin crenate. Stem short, umber, smooth, fixed by strigose threads, 

 1 inch high, not a i of a line thick. Gills about ten, narrow, with 



smooth, broad interstices. 



An extremely elegant species ; the pileus has an opaque aspect re- 

 sembling that of kid-leather. 



516. M, leoninus, n. s. ; pileo campanulato e centro striato rugoso 

 fulvello ; stipite gracili pallide umbrino ; lamellis latis distantibus ad- 

 natisj interstitiis rugosis. Spruce, n. 112. 



Hab. On dead leaves in woods near Panure. March, 1851. 



Pileus 1 inch or more across, campanulate, tawny, striated with 

 p&ler lines from the centre, rugose. Margin more or less toothed. 

 Stem 1^2 inches high, \ a line thick, pale umber, opaque, adhering by 

 a few strigose threads, even, scarcely striate. Gills pale, distant, mo- 

 derately broad, adnate. 



One of the finest species of the genus, of a beautiful pale tawny tint, 



with an elegantly sculptured pileus. 



if. 



strigosa ad- 



barino; stipite elongato filiformi glabro obscuriori, basi 

 fixo; lamellis paucis pallidis subvenosis. Spnice, n. 140. 



Hab. On dead leaves. Panure. March, 1853. 



Pileus i an inch or more across, campanulate, membranaceous, 

 tawny, sometimes reticulated from the contraction of the external 

 membrane. Stem filiform, 1 inch or more high, i of a line thick, paler 



than the pileus, fixed by radiating strigose \ 

 pale. Gills venose. Interstices sometimes 



Hymcnium 



