ACOTYLEDONS. FUNGI. Merulhis. 25 



rous thin very much branched, pileus pale brownish buff cot- 

 tony irregularly semicircular. With. p. 299. 



HAB. Stumps of trees during most of the year. Stumps of trees on 

 the banks of the Clyde at Bogleshole, plentifully, Hopk . 



44. A. adieus, gills brownish buff in pairs, pileus gently convex 

 semicircular velvety brownish grey. With. p. ^0. Light/. 

 p. 1029. Sow. t. 183. 



HAB. On the trunks of trees and dead wood. Autumn and spring. 

 Light/. 



25. MERULIUS. Witheiing. 



Volva none. Pileus with gills or veins beneath of the same 

 substance with the rest of the plant. 



* With a stipes and gills beneath. 



1 . M. umlelli/erus, gills white broad at the base 2 4 in a set, 

 pileus white convex a little bossed elegantly plaited at the 

 sides, stipes white slender. With. p. 144. Id garicus umbel., 

 Light/, p. 1026. 



HAB. On rotten leaves, in woods and shady places. Autumn. Light/. 



2. M. androsaccus, gills white decurrent, pileus white convex 

 the centre depressed, stipes red brown shining. With. p. 145. 

 j4g. ajidrosaceus, Light/, p. 1027. Sow. t. 94. 



HAB. On old sticks, rotten leaves and mosses. Autumn. Light/. 



3. M. collar latus, gills white uniform fixed to a collar surround- 

 ing the stem, pileus white thin umhonate, stipes white above 

 black below. With. p. 146. ^garicus rotula, Pers.p. 467. 

 Soiv. t. 95. 



HAB. On sticks in woods, frequent. August. Hopk. 



4. M. cantharellus, stem solid often compressed, gills decur- 

 rent branched and anastomosing. With. p. 147. slgaricus 

 canth., Sow. t. 46. Light/. p\ I 008. 



HAB. Woods, frequent; especially those of fir, Light/., Hopk. July 



September. 



Of a yellow colour, an agreeable smell, and much eaten in some 

 - countries. 



5. M. Squamula, stipes bristle-shaped, pileus whitish slightly 

 convex, gills with a few plaits. With. p. 149. Agaricus 

 Squamula y Sow. t. 93. 



HAB. On decayed leaves in Bothwell wood. August. Hopk. 

 *"* With a stipes, #c., and with veins beneath. 



6. M. infundiluliformiS) stipes funnel-shaped hollow expanding 

 at the top like a hollow pileus, gill-like veins branched silvery 

 grey. With.p.}^. Merulius cor nucopio ides, Pers.p. 491. 

 Peziza cornucopioides, Light f. p. 1050. Souu. t. 74. 



HAB. In woods, not unfrequent, Light/. October. 



W ithout a stipes, with deep anastomosing broad veins beneath. 



7. M, lachrymans, spreading large orange- coloured with the 



