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39. M. polyadelphus, Lasch ; minute, white, rather 

 tough; pileus very thin, hemispherical, sulcate, flocculose ; 

 stem tough, floccose at base; gills decurrent, almost fold-like 



On dead leaves. 



III. Apus. — Pileus sessile, resupinate. 



40. M. spodoleucus, B. and Br. (p. 224) ; | in. 



41. M. Broomei, B. ; half-resupinate, pallid brown, then 

 striate, black ; hymenium, shining white ; gills distant, 

 veined^ interstices even. 



On dead twigs. Batheaston. Dr. Cooke states, from 

 an examination of the examples in the Berkeley Her- 

 barium, Kew, that the last two species are identical with 

 each other; if this conclusion is correct, it is remarkable 

 that Mr. Berkeley should have described an unique species 

 twice and in different terms. 



Genus 15. LENTINUS, Fr. (p. 224). 



I. Mesopodes. — Pileus nearly entire, stem distinct. 



* Lepidei. — Pileus scaly ; more or less manifestly veiled. 



1. L. tigrinus, Fr. (p. 224) ; 2 in. 



2. L. Dunalii, Fr. (p. 225) ; 2 in. 



3. L. lepideus, Fr. (p. 225) ; 2-4 in. Epping Forest. 



** PuLVERULEXTi. — Pileus vUlous or 2'>ulveruhnt. 



4. L. leontopodius, Schulz. ; pileus tan-clay-colour, 

 fleshy-coriaceous, tough, irregular, delicately tomentose, 

 disc, depressed, margin deflexed, slightly lobed ; stem thick, 

 woody, unpolished, pulverulent, pale chestnut^ blackish 

 downwards ; gills decurreot, connected by veins, wrinkled 

 at side, serrated at edge. 



On decayed willow. Menmuir, Forfarshire. 



5. L. pulverulentus, Fr. ; tufted ; pileus 2 in., yellow, 

 mealy-white or mealy-umber, fleshy-pliant, at first infundi- 



