DECADES OF FUNGI. 99 
Pileus 3-2. inch broad, convex, at length plane, striate, very muci- 
laginous, of a bright pale reddish yellow, darker in the centre. Stem 
1-2 inches high, a line or more thick, composed of longitudinal fibres, 
brittle, fistulose, subpellucid, pale yellow or carneous. Gills subde- 
current, unequal, distant, fleshy, flesh-coloured. 
ied to H. cantharellus, Fr. The habit is that of some varieties of 
Ag. umbelliferus. Tt is at once distinguished by its very mucilaginous 
pileus and thick gills from H. cantharellus, and by its brittle stem 
from H. letus. 
205. H. luridus, Berk. and Curt.; pileo campanulato umbonato 
pallide fusco viscosissimo ; margine striato crenato ; stipite fistuloso 
concolori; lamellis crassis venoso-convexis adnexis iss 2G 
No. 1256 
Has. In low swampy places. South Carolina. July, 1847 
Pileus 4 of an inch broad, campanulate, umbonate, very viscid, pale 
brown, darker in the centre; margin striate, crenate. Stem 14 inch 
high, one line or more thick, pale brown like the pileus, fistulose, 
composed of longitudinal fibres. Gills white, ventricose, shortly adnate, 
thick, connected by veins. 
Not very closely allied to any described, except perhaps to H. un- 
guinosus, with which it agrees closely in technical characters, but is 
very different in habit. H. unguinosus is a much larger and more 
robust species. 
206. Marasmius opacus, Berk. and Curt.; gracilis; pileo convexo 
ruguloso opaco pulverulento albido; stipite i auis nm pulveru- 
lento-subfurfuraceo pallido; lamellis ventricosis distantibus adnexis. 
Curt., No. 1241 
Has. On leaves and twigs. South Carolina. June, 1847. 
Pileus 2 lines across, convex, or slightly depressed round a central 
umbo, opake, pulverulent, dirty white, scarcely striate or sulcate. Stem 
1-14 inch high, 3 of a line thick, of the same colour with the pileus, 
pulverulent, and, towards the base, furfuraceous. Gills ventricose, 
moderately broad, slightly adnate, with the interstices nearly even. 
This species is nearly allied to M. ramealis, but, like M. synodicus, is 
far more elongated. It does not appear to be particularly gregarious. 
The stem is not darker at the base, the gills are ventricose and mode- 
rately broad. From M. candidus it differs clearly in its opake pileus, 
and from M. synodicus in its rather broad, not vein-like, gills. 
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