HTMENOinrCETES. 



Sub-Genvs NOLANEA. 



Stem fistiilose ; pileus sub-membranaceous, campanulate. 

 Graceful fungi growing on the ground. 



Sub-Genus ECCILIA. 



Stem cartilaginous ; gills truly decurrent. 



Series III. Dermini. 



Spores ferruginous, rarely tawney or brownish. 

 Stem central ; veil ivoven. 



Sub-Genus PHOLIOTA. 



Veil forming a persistent ring. 

 Stem central; veil not woven, nor forming a ring. 



Sub-Genus HEBELOMA. 



Stem fleshy ; gills bluntly rounded behind ; spores brownish ; 

 veil fibrillose or obsolete. 



Sub-Genus FLAIVIMULA. 



Stem fleshy-fibrous ; gills adnata or decurrent. Chiefly cses- 

 pitose fungi growing on wood. 



Sub-Genus NAUCORIA. 



Stem cartilaginous; pileus convexo-plane ; margin at first 

 inflexed. 



Sub-Genus G.\LERA. 



Stem sub-cartilaginous, fistulose ; pileus oval or expanded, 

 sub-membranaceous ; margin never inflexed. Graceful, fragile 

 fungi. 



JExcentric or lateral. 

 Sub-Genus CREPIDOTUS. 



Pileus exceutric, or lateral, or rcsupinatc. Chiefly growing on 

 wood. 



Series IV. Pratellae. 



Spores purple-black or brown. 



Suh-Genus PSALLIOTA. 



Veil forming a persistent ring. 



Suh-Genus HYPHOLOMA. 



Veil woven, adhering to the margin of the pileus ; stem fleshy 

 or fibrous; pileus somewhat fleshy : margin incurved. Ca;si)i- 

 lose fungi chiefly gi'owiiig on wood. 



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