species of North American Fungi. 425 



I inch thick, fistulose, brittle, yellow, whitish and attenuated be- 

 low. Gills paler than the pileus, ventricose, deeply emarginate, 

 but attached. Spores white. 



This species is apparently most nearly allied to H. puniceus, 

 but differs in the form of the pileus, which is extremely thin, 

 and the slender tall equal stem. 



24. Lactarius illachrymans, Berk, and Rav. MSS. Parvus; 

 pileo e convexo piano umbilicato zonato pallide fulvo; stipitc 

 solido albo; lamellis albidis subdecurrentibus. Rav. no. 1306. 

 In swamps. South Carolina, Sept., H. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Small. Pileus 1-1^ inch across, thin, plane, at length umbi- 

 licate, pale tawny, with two or three darker concfentric zones. 

 Stem 1-2 inches high, about 2 lines thick, solid, white. Gills 

 dingy white, crowded, narrow, subdecui'rent, not discharging any 

 milky fluid when broken j taste slightly aromatic, pungent. 



The warmer states of North America abound with Lactarii quite 

 different from the European species, but though we have many 

 in our Herbarium, as in most instances notes were unfortunately 

 not secured from the living specimens, we are obliged for the 

 present to delay their publication. 



25. Cantharellus Ravenelii, n. s. Pileo irregulari subinfundi- 

 buliformi lento innato-fibroso luride flavo ; stipite solido tomen- 

 toso albo ; venis lamelliformibus luteis, decurreutibus, omnibus 

 una desiuentibus. Curt. no. 2879. On decayed logs, Aug., 

 South Carolina, H. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Tough. Pileus 1-2 inches broad, irregular, subinfundibuli- 

 form, innato-fibrous, of a pale dull yellow ; margin more or less un- 

 dulated, subtomentose. Stem 1-2 inches high, about 2 lines thick, 

 firm, solid, white, tomentose, thicker below. Veins lamelljeform, 

 bright yellow, branched, decurrent, but ending abruptly, their 

 edge obtuse ; interstices for the most part even. Spores white. 



This very curious species approaches somewhat in characters to 

 the genus Panus, but the edge of the lamellaeform veins is obtuse. 



26. Cantharellus flabelliformis, Berk. & Rav. MSS. Albidus ; 

 pileo membranaceo e stipite brevi laterali flabelliformi 2-3 sulcis 

 concentricis notato tomentoso ; venis furcato-anastomosantibus 

 superficialibus. Rav. no. 1313. On fallen trunks. South Caro- 

 hna, II. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Whitish ochraceous when dry. Stem 2 lines high, 1 thick, 

 lateral, short, compressed or subcylindrical, tomentose. Pileus 

 A an inch or more long, membranaceous, spathulato-flabelliform, 

 sometimes forked, tomentose, like the stem marked with two or 

 three concentric furrows. Hymeuium bordered. Veins shallow, 

 forked, anastomosing. 



A most curious and distinct species, with the habit of Panus 

 stypticus. The hymenium is distinct from the stem and boi'dered 



