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518. M. tageticolor, n. s. ; pileo merabranaceo umbonato piiniceo 

 spadiceove radiis luteis picto, margine lato dentato ; stipitc tenui pal- 

 lido opaco ; lamellis paucis luteis veutricosis postice atteuuato-liberis, 

 Spruce, n. 37. (Tab. V. fig. 1.) 



Has. On dead twigs, stipules, etc. Pauure. 



Pileus 2-8 lines across, convex, membranaceous, umbonate, vaiying 

 from reddish-brown to deep crimson, adorned with from eight to ten 

 yellow rays, very minutely wrinkled. Stem 1-li inch high, setiform, 

 opaque, pale umber. Gills narrow, ventricose, attenuated behind and 

 free, yellow like the rays. Interstices very broad, even. 



Nothing can be conceived more exquisite than the colouring of this 

 species, which appears to be pretty common. It has the rich tints of 

 the African Marigold. (Tab. V. fig. 1. M. tageticolor, nat. size.) 



* M.fulvus, Mont. MSS. Coll. Lep. n. 1080. Spruce, n. 104. 



Hab. Panure. 



The only specimen is paler than tbe plant of Montague, but it is, I 

 believe, the same thing. In both the gills are almost too thin for the 

 ^qhmlS Mara&miiis. 



519. M. Jielmlus, n. s. j pileo campanulato helvolo sublsevi, margine 

 undulato; stipite fusco insititio, basi non strigosa; lamellis paucis 

 ventricosis adnexis; hymenio pallido. Spruce, n. 139. 



Hab. On dead leaves. 



Pileus i an inch or more across, campanulate, rufous, tawny, nearly 

 uniform in tint, even ; margin waved. Stem 1 inch or more high, 

 filiform, brown, striate, not fixed by strigose threads. Hymenium pale. 



Gills few, ventricose, adnexed. 



M. 



the darker stem, which 



is adfixed by strigose threads, and other points. 



* M. ferrugineus, B., Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. ii 

 n. 90. 



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



* M.fulviceps, B., Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. vi i 

 100, 93. ^ 



Hab. On decayed trunks. Panure. March, 1853. 



520. M.fiammam, n. s.; pileo membranaceo aurantio-fulvo e ( 

 Imeis pallidioribus picto ; lamellis ochraceis angustis postice attci 

 attmgentibus ; stipite filiform! pallide fusco lajvi. Spruce, n. 97 



Hab. On dead leaves. Panure. 



Spruce 



Spruce, n. 



