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312 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
2. М. hirsutus Burt, n. sp. 
Type: in N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb. 
Fructification pileate, dimidiate, sessile, convex, thin, hir- 
вше, somewhat concentrically suleate, drying pale cream-buff, 
the margin thin, entire; hymenium even at first, becoming 
porose with shallow pores about 2 to a mm., drying somewhat 
Е: orange-cinnamon where pores are developed 
о 9 and pale pinkish cinnamon towards the margin; 
Fig. 2 in structure 2-3 mm. thick towards the base, 
М. hirsutus, With (1) the layer forming the upper side 
ae on $$. rey very broad and composed of loosely inter- 
woven, thick-walled, hyaline hyphae 41-6 д 
in diameter, and with (2) the layer next to Ше hymenium. 
composed of densely arranged, hyaline hyphae 3-31 и in 
diameter, with their walls somewhat gelatinously modified; 
spores, as seen on basidia, hyaline, even, flattened on one side, 
3x2 и, perhaps still immature. 
Fructification 14 em. broad, 3 em. long, 3 mm. thick near 
point of attachment in the single fructification collected. 
On wood. Jalapa, Mexico. December. 
This species resembles М. incarnatus in having a dimidiate 
pileus, but is distinct from that species by its hirsute cover- 
ing, different color, and shorter spores, and not growing im- 
bricate in clusters. The hymenium is very similar to that of 
M. confluens. 
Specimens examined: 
Mexico: Jalapa, W. A. Murrill, 66 (in N. Y. Bot. Gard. 
Herb.). 
3. M. Wrightii Berkeley, Grevillea 1: 69. 1872; басс. 
Syll. Fung. 6 : 413. 1888. 
Type: in Kew Herb. 
Fructification minute, pileate, ses- 
sile, reniform, attached by a point, 
minutely tomentose, drying pale Isa- 
bella-color, the margin free, incurved; 
hymenium drying snuff-brown, horny 
M. Wrightii. А Е 
Fructifications X 4. (hence probably cartilaginous when 
