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Pileus 1 incli across, membranaceous, bright orange-tawny, painted 

 with paler lines radiating from the centre ; margin waved. Stem 2 

 inches high, i of a line thick, smooth, filiform, pale brown, scarcely 

 striated. Gills about twenty, exclusive of the shorter ones, ochraceous, 

 narrow, attenuated behind. Interstices nearly even. 



521. M.poeciluSy n, s. ; pileo campanulato fulvo; stipite umbrino 



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insititio ; lamellis flavis ventricosis adnexis ; interstitiis Isevibus fulvis. 

 Spruce, n. 139. 



Hab. On dead leaves in woods. Panure. February, 1853. 



Pileus campanulate, -| of an inch across, tawny, rarely radiated witl 

 yellow. Stem setiform, 1^ inch high, umber, springing, for the most 

 part abruptly, from the matrix. Gills ventricose, yellow. Interstices 



smooth, tawny, red. 



This species is distinguished from M. Jieholus by Mr. Spruce iu his 

 notes, and is certainly as worthy of distinction as most of the allied 

 species. 



* M. JiCBmafocephalus, Mont. 



Hab. On dead twigs. Panure. 



A small form, n. 78, with a rose-coloured pileus, and pale ventiicose 

 gills, on leaves of some species of Idea, appears to belong to the same 



Spruce, n. 



species. 



* M. atroruhens, B., Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 138. 

 105, 101, 106. 



Hab. Amongst dead leaves and branches. Panure. March, 1853. 

 M. decurrens, Mont., Ann. des Sc. Nat. se'r. iv. vol. i. p. 118. 



Spruce, n. 107. 



Hab. On dead twigs. Panure. An abundant species. March, 1853. 



522. M. Caatingensis, n. s.; albescens; pileo e convexo plano-dc- 

 presso striato-picto ; stipite subfusco sursum pulverulento flocculoso ; 

 lamellis angustis decurrenti-aduexis. Spruce, n. 85, 86, 87, 95. 



Hab. On the ground in Caatingas (scrubby woods), near the Eiver 

 XJaupes. March, 1853. A common species. 



Pileus i-l of an inch across, at first convex, then piano-depressed, 

 beautifully striate. Stem 1-H inch high, \ of a line thick, browiush, 

 sprinkled above with little flocculent specks. Gills narrow, distant, 



dccunenti-adnexed. -n v i f 



This species is closely allied to M. Brasiliemis, Mont, et Jicrk., Out 



the gills iu that species arc truly decurreut. 

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