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3. Receptacle waxy-membranaceous. Hyphae thin walled, 

 distinct, soon agglutinated and collapsed. 



2288. C. lacteum Fr. Lacteum, milk white. 

 R. 5-15 cm., milk white, effused, pruinose, laxly fibrillose beneath; 



margin fibrillose. Hymenium deeper coloured, waxy, often rugulose, 

 or reticulately veined like a Merulius when moist. Flesh whitish, 

 membranaceous, waxy, thin. Spores white, "oboval, 4-5-7 x 2-5-6 /z, 

 1-2-guttulate, or contents granular; basidia 20-36 x 4-6 fj,, with 2-4 

 straight sterigmata, 5-6 JJL long. Hyphae thin walled, subhymenial, 

 2-5-3ju- in diam., the basal 5-8/jt in diam., with rather infrequent 

 clamp connections" Bourd. & Galz. Trunks and fallen branches. 

 Oct. Feb. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2289. C. Wakefieldiae Bres. 



Miss E. M. Wakefield, the well-known Kew mycologist. 



R. 2-6 cm., whitish, then isabelline, broadly effused ; margin pallid, 

 pruinose, subfimbriate. Hymenium concolorous, smooth, at length 

 widely cracked. Flesh membranaceous, soft. Mycelium white, prui- 

 nose. Spores hyaline, 6-8 x 5-6 p; basidia collapsed forming an in- 

 distinct layer. Hyphae very distinct, 4-7-9 /u, in diam., septate with 

 clamp connections. Ground and wood. Rare. 



2290. C. fuciforme (Berk.) Wakef. (= Isaria fuciformis Berk.; Hy- 

 pochnus fuciformis McAlp.) <jf>0o?, sea-weed ; forma, shape. 



R. 1-5 cm., pale, or bright rose colour, effused, incrusting, forming 

 small patches here and there. Hymenium concolorous, smooth. Flesh 

 concolorous, subgelatinous, thin. Spores white, pip-shaped, depressed 

 on one side, apiculate, 11-12-5 x 5-6 /A; basidia slightly tinged pink, 

 clavate, 5-5-7 /z in diam., with 2-4 stout curved sterigmata. Hyphae 

 tinged pink, with clamp connections, thin walled and rather vacuolate, 

 2-4/x in diam. Leaves and stalks of grasses. Aug. Uncommon, (v.v) 



4. Receptacle pelliculose, or arachnoid, slightly adnate to the sub- 

 stratum. Trama loose, consisting of thin walled, distinct hyphae, 

 2-6/A in diam. Basidia with 2-4-sterigmata. 



2291. C. Galzinii Bourd. A. Galzin. 

 R. 3-10 cm., whitish, with a more or less glaucous, or yellowish green 



tint, effused, forming a delicate pellicle, loosely adherent to the sub- 

 stratum, smooth, or porous ; margin byssoid. Hymenium concolorous, 

 loose, and pulverulent under a lens. Flesh whitish, membranaceous, 

 arachnoid. Spores white, obovate, or narrowly cylindrical, pointed 

 at the base, 2^4 x 1-1 -5 /x; basidia borne in dense tufts, "candelabra" 

 fashion, 7-9-14 x 3-4/A, with 2-4 straight sterigmata, 3-4/A long. 

 Basal hyphae thin walled, 2-5 /A in diam., loosely interwoven, septate, 



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