ACOTYLEDONS. — FUMGi. AleruUus. 25 



rous thin very much branched, pileus pale brownish buff cot- 

 tony irregularly semicircular. With. p. 299. 



Hab. Stumps of trees during most of the year. Stumps of trees on 

 the banks of the Clyde at Bogleshole, plentifully, llo^k. 



44. A. ulneus, gills brownish buff in pairs, pileus gently convex 

 semicircular velvety brownish grey. JVith. p. 300. Lightf. 

 p. 1029. Sow.t/\'63. 



Hab. On the trunks of trees and dead vi'pod. Autumn and spring. 

 Lightf. 



25. MERULIUS. Withe, ing. 



Volva none. Pileus with gills or veins beneath of the same 

 substance with the rest of the plant. 



* With a stipes and gills beneath. 



1. M. umhelUferus, gills white broad at the base 2-^4 in a set, 

 pileus white convex a little bossed elegantly plaited at the 

 sides, stipes white slender. With.pA'iA. Jgaricjis7imbel., 

 Lightf. p. 1026. 



Hab. On rotten leaves, in woods and shady places. Autumn. Lightf. 



2. M. androsaceus, gills white decurrent, pileus white convex 

 the centre depressed, stipes red brown shining. JVith, p. 145. 

 jlg. androsaceus, Lightf. p. 1027. Suw. t. 94. 



Hab. On old .sticks, rotten leaves and mosses. Autumn. Lightf. 



3. M. collarialjis, gills white uniform fixed to a collar surround- 

 ing the stem, pileus white thin umbonate, stipes white above 

 black below. With.p.MQ. Jgarictis rotula, Pers.p. i67. 

 Sow. I. 95. 



Hab. On sticks In woods, frequent. August. Hopk. 



4. M. canthurellns, stem solid often compressed, gills decur- 

 rent branched and anastomosing. lVith.p.\47. Jgaricus 

 canlh., Sotv.i.AQ. Lightf p. \00S. 



Hab. Woods, frequent j especially those of fir, Lightf, Hopk. July 



— September. 

 Of a yellow colour, an agreeable smell, and much eaten in some 



countries. 



5. M. Squamula, stipes bristle-shaped, pileus whitish slightly 

 convex, gills with a few plaits. JVith. p. 149. Agaricus 

 Squamtiln, Sow. t. 93. 



Hab. On decayed leaves in Bothvvell wood. August. Hopk. 



** With a stipes, S^c, and with veins beneath. 



6. M. in fundibuliformis, st\\ies fxinnel-fihaped hollow expanding 

 at the top like a hollow pileus, gill-like veins branched silvery 

 grey. IVith' p. \50. Merid'ms iornucopioides, Pers.p 491, 

 Peziza cornucopioides, Lightf. p. 1050. Sow. t. 74. . 



Hab, In woods, not unfrequent, Lightf. October. 

 •»*5t Without a stipes, ivith deep anastomosing broad veins beneath. 



7. M. lachrijmatiSj spreading large orange- coloured with the 



