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IN this section of the Agaricinae, the spores are typically white, 

 although in some species there is a more or less decided but 

 very faint tinge of yellow or pink. The commonest spore- 

 form is elliptical and with a smooth epispore, although in the 

 genera Lactariiis^ Rassida^ and Laccaria, the spores are sub- 

 globose and minutely warted or echinulate. This section con- 

 tains more species than all the other sections of the Agaricin^ 

 added together, and, as would be expected, presents the most 

 complete sequence in the differentiation of the sporosphore. 

 Le?iziies, with its corky pileus and gills, connects with Polyporeae 

 through Dcedalece. The genera — characterised by a tough, leathery 

 pileus, that dries up and becomes rigid and persistent, as Patius, 

 Le?itinus, etc. — are but scantily represented in Britain or even in 

 Europe ; but on the other hand, are more numerous in the tropics 

 than the fleshy, putrescent genera, which attain their maximum, 

 both in development and numbers, in the north temperate zone. 



In the accompanying illustration (for the use of which we beg 

 to thank Messrs. George Bell and Sons), the following species are 

 represented : — 



Fig. I. — HygropJiorus Wynnice and section of same, natural size. 

 „ 2. — Lactarius bkfinius, about one-third natural size, and 



section of same, natural size. 

 ,, 3. — Spores of same, x 400. 



,, 4. — Caiitharelliis aurantiacus^ about two-thirds natural size. 

 ,, 5.' — Nyctalis asterophora and section, two-thirds natural size. 

 ,, 6. — Lentinus tigriTius, about two-thirds natural size. 

 ,, 7. — Farms stypticus, natural size. 

 ,, 8. — Lenzites fiaccida^ two-thirds natural size. 

 „ 9. — Section of same, natural size. 

 „ 10. — Oinphalia tcbnaticBa^ small specimen, natural size. 

 ,, II. — Section of same, natural size. 

 ,, 12. — Fleurotjis gadmoides, natural size. 

 ,, 13. — Section of same, x 2. 

 ,, 14. — Clitocebe ericetorinn^ half natural size. 

 ,, 15. — Section of same, half natural size. 

 ,, 16. — Xerotus degener, natural size. 

 ,, 17. — Schizophylluin co?ni/mne, natural size. 

 ,, 18. — Section of gills of same, showing the split margin. 

 ,, 19. — Trogia crispa, small specimen, natural size. 



* From the Britisli Fungus- Flora, by George Masser (in three vols.). 

 Vol. II. (London: George Bell and Sons. 1S93.) 



