300 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



Genus 28. FAVOLUS. Fr. 



Hymenium reticulato-cellular or alveolate ; alveoli ladiating, 

 formed of the densely anastomosing gills ; elongated, dimi- 

 diate, soinewliat stipitate ; fleshy, pliant ; annual ; growing 

 on wood ; spoi-es white. 



No Britisli examples recorded. 



Gknus 2U. MERULIUS (p. 254). 



I. Leptospohi. — Ilymeniuni naked, or obsoletehj pruinose. 

 •■•" Piletis effuso-reflexed, circumference determinate. 



1. M. tremellosus, Schrad. (p. 255). Eppiag Forest. 



2. M. aiirantiacus, Klotsch. (p. 256); 1 in. 



3. M. cerium, Fr. (p. 255) ; 2-3 in. Eppiug Foi'est. 



^* Jlesvj)iitaiv-e^(j'iised,JJ<.ixt/-inem.hranaceoris, separating, flaxy 

 beneath andj at circumference. 



4. M. laeticolor, B. and Br. ; bright orange ; effused, 

 adnata ; margin tomentose^ white ; hymeuium even, then 

 plicato- rugose ; folds distant. 



On sawdust and leaves. King's Lynn. 



5. M. himantioides, Fr. ; lilac ; effused, silky, very soft, 

 fiibrous-silky beneath, circumference flaxy ; folds porous, 

 then gyrose, dingy yellow, then somewhat olivaceous. — Fr. 

 Icon, t. 193,/ 1 ; Pars. Myc. Em: t. 14,/. 3. 



On fir wood and club mosses. Hare. 



6. M. molluscus, Fr. (p. 255). 



■*** Crustoso-adiiate, ciroi inference somewhat flaxy . 



7. M. porinoides, Fr. (p. 255). 

 «. M. rufus, P. (p. 255). 



9. M. serpens, Tode (p. 255). 



