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AGARICACE/E 



Cantharelhis 



c. ResupinatcE. 



1387. C. retirugus Pers. (from the reticulate gills ; rete, a net, ruga, 



a wrinkle) a b c. 



P. sessile, inferior, membranous, irregular, repando-lobed, 



cinereous-fuliginous, or pale fuliginous over biscuit G. superior, 



radiating from a central or lateral point, whitish-fuliginous or 



paler than P. 



On sticks and mosses in bogs, Hypnum ; uncommon. April-May. 

 P. f in. in diam. Sometimes wholly salmon or biscuit. 



1388. C. lobatus Fr. (from the lobed pileus) a b c. Dark fuscous, 

 pale when dry. 



P. sessile, inferior, membranous, irregular. G. superior, radiating 



from a central or lateral point, somewhat distant, branched. 



On mosses in bogs, Hypnum c?ispidatum, H. revolens, Sphagnum, mossy soil ; 

 uncommon. Spring to winter. 



P. \\ in. in diam. 



LI. NYCTALIS Fr. 



(From the habit, growing in dark places • Gr. nux, night.) 



Veil obsolete or indefinite. Hymenophore continuous and homo- 

 geneous with the stem. Pileus fleshy. Stem central, exannulate, 



Fig. 65. — Nyctalis asterophora Fr. a, plants growing on Russula aditsta. One-half natural 

 size. _ b, c, entire and in section ; D, with slice removed from edge, showing transverse section 

 of vein-like gills. X 2. e, basidia and spores ; f, conidium. X 400. 



