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Genus XIV. lyl^PTONIA. Fr. Slender. 



Rosy-spored, stem cartilaginous, tubular, polished. Pileus 

 thin, umbilicate or with a darker disk. Margin at first in- 

 curved. Gills adnata, but readily separating. 



I/, serrulata. Pers. Saw Leptonia. 



Pileus, dark blue, flesh thin, umbilicate, depressed, without 

 striae, squamulose. 



Gills, adnata, with a dark serrulate edge. 

 Stem, thin, cartilaginous, paler than the pileus. 

 Jungle. 



Genus XV. NOIyANBA. Fr. A Little Bell. 



Rosy-spored, stem fistulous. Pileus thin, campanulate, 

 papillate, margin straight, pressed close to the stem. Gills 

 free, not decurrent. 



N. conica. Pk. Cone Nolanea. 



Pileus, thin, membranaceous, conical, with a minute umbo 

 or papilla, cinnamon color, striatulate when moist. 

 Gills, light flesh color, nearly free. 

 Stem, slender, straight, hollow. 

 Jungle. 



Series III. DBRMINI. Fr. 



Skin or Membrane. 



On account of the cuticle of the pileus being the principal 

 generic character. It is the Ochrospora, Sacc. 



Spores, reddish brown, brown, or ochraceous. There are no 

 species with hymenophore free from the stem. 



