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BECADES OF FUNGI 



523. 3L dilataiuSj n. s. ; pileo e campanulato plano-depresso ; sti^ 

 pite fusco subpulvemlento sursum dilatato; lamellis angustis nume- 

 rosis decurrenti-adnexis subremotis. Spruce, n. 93, 109. 



Hab. On dead branches. Panure. 



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White. Pileus ^^ an inch across, conico-cainpanulate, at length 

 piano-depressed, thin, membranaceous, striated, smooth. Stem 1 inch 

 high, not i of a line thick, brown, sL'ghtly pulverulent, with sometimes 

 a little matted mycelium at the base. Gills very numerous, narrow, 

 decurrenti-adnexed, all ending together, so as to leave a pale space at 

 the dilated top of the stem. 



524. M, omphalodeB, n. s. ; pileo piano umbilicato albido, centro 

 umbrino, primum sqnamuloso, glabrescente ; stipite elongato subtiliter 

 furfuraceo-tomentoso ; lamellis angustis decurrentibus. Spruce, n. 131. 



Hab. On fragments of dead vegetables. Panure. February, 1853. 



Pileus ^-1 inch broad, plane, umbilicate, thin, dirty white, umber- 

 brown in the centre, at first squamulose. Stem 2 inches or more high, 

 |-1 line tliick, furfuraceo-tomentose, brown, dilated above. Gills nar- 

 row, decunent, liver-brown when dry. 



This species is just intermediate between Maramilus. and Omphalia. 

 The furfuraceous stem resembles rather Marasmms than analogous 



Agarics. 



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pulchellus, n. s. ; pileo campanulato sublsevi] stipite rufo 

 pulvemlento ; lamellis confertis angustis adnatis. Spruce, n. 99. 



Hab. On dead leaves. Panure. 



Pileus i an inch across, campanulate, slightly striate. Stem 1-3 

 inches high, setiform, rufous or brown, pulverulent. Gills numerous, 

 crowded, narrow, adnata, with occasionally a slight decurrence. 



Alhed to M. insititius, but distinguished by its more even pileus, and 

 more crowded, narrow gills. 



526. M. cladophyllus, n. s. ; pileo convexo hepatico rugosiusculo ; 

 stipite fillformi fuscb basi strigosa affixo, lamellis veutricosis latiusculis 

 ochraceis ramoso-reticulatis. Spruce, n. 89. 



Hab. On dead leaves. Panure. 



Pileus i of an inch across, convex, liver-brown, slightly rugose. 

 Stem 3 inches high, brown, smooth, fixed by a few strigose threads. 

 Gills rather broad, ochraceous, ventricose, joined by transverse branched 

 processes nearly as broad as themselves. 



527. M. epUeucus, n. s. ; candidus ; pileo umbilicato tomentoso; 



