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116. Marasmius hcBmatocephalus , Moutag., Syll. Crypt., 

 . no. 351 (1856) ; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 2143. 



Pileus very thin, campanulate, then convex, finally almost 

 plane, plicate, margin crenate, glabrous, deep-red, up to 1 cm. 

 across ; gills narrowly adnexed, distant, pallid ; stem 3-5 cm. 

 long, very slender, equal, horny, umber or blackish, expanded 

 at the base into a minute pallid disc. 



On fallen leaves, wood, &c. New Zealand. Victoria, 

 Ceylon, Surinam, Brazil, Guiana, Cuba, United States. 



Readily distinguished by the deep-red colour of the plicate 

 or fluted pileus, and the dark hair-like stem. 



117. Marasmius insititius, Fries, Epicr., p. 386; Sacc, 

 Syll. v., no. 2231. 



Pileus membranaceous, pliant, convex, then plane, often 

 slightly umbilicate, not polished, at length coarsely grooved or 

 plicate, pale yellowish-brown, becoming whitish, 1-1-5 cm. 

 across ; gills broadly adnate, becoming narrower m front, 

 distant, simple, unequal, pallid, then white; spores 4 x 2-5 yu,; 

 stem 2-3 cm. long, thin, equal, horny, minutely fioccose or 

 scurfy, fistulose, slightly attenuated at the base and abruptly 

 piercing the matrix, coloured like the pileus, or sometimes 

 whitish. 



On dead fallen leaves and twigs. Dannevirke, New Zea- 

 land. Europe, United States. 



Distinguished from allies by the coarsely grooved pileus 

 and scurfy stem. 



118. Marasmius subsupinus, Berk., Flora Tasm., ii., p. 249; 

 Austr. Fung., p. 88; Sacc, Syll. v., no. 2260. 



Pileus almost membranaceous, convex, erect at first, then 

 frequently upturned with the gills uppermost, rather wrinkled, 

 mealy, whitish, or tinged brown, 0-5-1 cm. diameter ; gills 

 adnexed, rather broad, few in number, rather thick and rigid, 

 plane, not connected by veins ; spores pip-shaped, 7x4/*; 

 stem 2-3 mm. long, slender, mealy. 



On dead stems of Bhipogonum. Pohangina River, New 

 Zealand. Tasmania, Australia. 



Sometimes growing horizontally with the pileus uppermost, 

 and standing out from the matrix like one valve of a tiny 

 bivalve shell. Gregarious. 



119. Marasmiics inversus, Massee, sp. nov. 



Gregarious or scattered. Pileus membranaceous, dry, 

 reniform or almost circular, brownish or dmgy-ochraceous, 

 almost even and glabrous, usually inverted, so that the gills are 



