nTMKNCMTCETES. 



Synopsis of RUSSULA. 



TniBE I. C03IPACT^. 



Pileias flesliy; margin smooth; stem solid; gills unequal. 



Teibe II. FIBM^. 



Pileus firmly fleshy, viscid when moist, abruptly thin towards 

 the margin, which is obsoletcly striate. 



Tribe III. BIGIBM. 



Pileus dry ; cuticle often granulosa ; gills not numerous. 



Tribe IV. FBAGILES. 



Pileus covered with a pellicle, which, when moist, is viscid and 

 sub-separable ; margin commonly furrowed and tuberculated. 



Synopsis of MARASMIUS. 



Siih-Genus COLLYBIA. 



Pileus sub-carnose, tough, at length sub-coriaceous, corrugated ; 

 margin at first involute ; stem iloccose at the base. 



Sah-Genus ROTULA. 



Stem filiform ; pileus nearly plain or umbilicated. Small fungi 

 chiefly growing on leaves. 



Synopsis of POLYP OREL Fries Ep. 



Genus 18. BOLETUS, L. CO Species. Fries Ep. 



Pileus fleshy, furnished with a central stem ; fructifying 

 surface consisting of tubes easily separable from the pileus, 

 and amongst themselves. Terrestrial. 



Genus 19. POLYPORUS, JMiclieli. 280 Species. Fries Ep. 



Pores sub-rotund, at first obsolete or very small ; dissepiments 

 more or less distinct from the pileus in substance or in colour. 



Ganus 20. TRAMETES, Fries. 20 Species. Fries Ep. 



Pileus corky or woody ; substance forming sub-rotund, not 

 sinuous, pores. Arboreal or cpisylous. 



Genus 21. D^EDALIA, Persoon. 10 Species. Fries Ep. 



Pileus corky ; substance forming elongated sinuous pores. 

 Arboreal or cpixylous. 



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