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done with the liliodos2)orae, so we might indicate the analogues 

 of the Lencospcrrde in the Ochrosporde, in so far as they are 

 represented. There is no genus which corresponds with 

 Amanita, hut LoccUina or Acdabularia, whichever name we 

 select, is equivalent to Amanitopsis. Lepioia and Schulzcria 

 have no analogue, but Armillaria has a correspondent in 

 Pholiota. Tricholoma is most nearly represented by Hchdoma, 

 and in some degree by Inocyhc, the essential difference between 

 these two genera being the fibrillose cuticle in the latter, and 

 the smooth viscid cuticle in the former, both of which are 

 represented in subsections of Tricholoma. CUtocyhc is repre- 

 sented by Flammula in some of its species only, which have 

 decurrent gills, whilst Pkurotus has its analogue in Crqyidotus. 

 For Collyhia we have Naucoria ; for Mycena there is Galera ; 

 and Omphalia is recognised in Tuharia. It is only in Tnocyle 

 that we meet with irregular spores such as are not uncommon 

 in the Rhodosporac. 



The total number of recorded species is estimated at 1157, 

 as against 3 6 6 of the Rhodosporac. The large genus Cortinarius 

 comprises some 400 species, all of which are terrestrial, and 

 only subtropical at considerable elevations. Should Bolbitius 

 be included, it differs from all the rest in the thin membra- 

 naceous pileus, in which respect it is analogous to Hiatula 

 in the Leucosporae, and to some species of Cop)rinus in the 

 Melanosporac. 



The fourth and last primary division of the Agaricincac, 

 according to Saccardo, is Melanosporac, in which he combines 

 the Pratcllae of Fries with the Coprinai^ii, and adds thereto the 

 genera Coprinus, Bolbitius (ochrosporous), Gomphidius, Anthra- 

 cophyllum, and Monta.gnitcs. In some cases it is difficult to 

 distinguish dark purple -brown spores from black, but this is 

 hardly sufficient reason for combining them. Mr. G. Massee 

 felt this to be the case, and in his British Fungus Flora he 

 adopts two divisions instead of one, namely, the Porphyrosporac 

 and the Melanosporac. After all there is no great principle at 

 stake, although personally we would rather, if a coalition be 

 considered advisable, that the two subdivisions were kept 

 separate as Porphyrosporac and Melanosporac under a common 

 designation. Following the same course that we have adopted 



