140 DECADES OF FUNGI. 



pallidis adnatis ; stipite longissimo nigrescente apice pallido, Lie illic 



noduloso prolifero. Spruce, n. 88. 



Hab. On wood, stalks, etc., in forests on the Eiver Uaupes. March, 



1853. 



Pileus 1-1-| line across, hemispherical, sulcate, scarlet. Stem 4-5 

 inches high, extremely slender, rigid, shining, pale at the apex, gradu- 

 ally becoming darker downwards, and at length black, interrupted here 

 and there by joint-like knots, occasionally giving off towards the apex 

 branches, which are again branched, principally on the upper side, and 

 terminated by a minute pileus. Gills few, pale, adnate. 



Allied to M, h(jematocephalus, but a smaller species, and remarkable 

 for its ramification. Its nearest ally is M. polycladtis, Mont., from 

 which it differs in its pale gills. 



533. M, cupremformu^ n. s. ; stipite communi longo setiformi ni- 

 grescente sursum prolifero-racemoso, ramulis divaricatis; pileis candi- 

 dis sulcatis umbilicatis ; lamellis paucis concoloribus collariatis. Spruce, 

 n. 75. (Tab. V. fig. 3.) 



Hab. On dead leaves. . Panure. 



Stem 3|^ inches high, setiform, attenuated upwards, at length black, 

 sulcate ] branched about one-half or one-third from the base. Eamuli 

 divaricate, then curved upwards, about 2 lines long, each bearing a 

 pilcus. Pilei convex, white, sulcate, urabilicate, with a dark process 

 from the centre of the umbilicus, as if the stems ran quite through the 

 pileus ; below the gills, at some distance, there is a little projection, as 

 if a new stem bad arisen at that point. Gills white, fixed to a common 

 collar. 



A very elegant production. (Tab. V. fig. 3. M, cupressiformis, na- 



ignified 



M. popidifi 



sursum raceraoso; pileis convexis fuscis paucisulcatis ; lamellis 5-6 

 concoloribus. (Tab. V. fig. 2.) 



Hab. On dead twigs, etc. Panure, 



Stem 4 inches high, setiform, much attenuated upwards, golden- 

 yellow, branched in a racemose manner above ; branches set on at an 

 angle of about 60°, then curved upwards, 1-3 lines long, each bearing 

 a pileus. Pileus 1^ of a line across, brown, with five or six furrows. 

 Gills of the same colour. 



Much resemblina: M. cunressiformix. hni Hiffprinor nMnirf-ihor in co- 



