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appear to be a second form of fruit. Sec De Bary, in Bot. 

 Zcit. 1859. 



2. N. parasitica, Fi\ ; pileus slightly fleshy, conical, ex- 

 panded, unequal, pellicle persistent, grey, pruinose ; stem mi- 

 nutely fistulose, flocculoso-villous, M'hitish ; gills adnate, thick, 

 distant, at length contorted and anastomosing, brownish. 

 (Plate 19, fig. 2.) 



On Russula adusta. Common. In this species also De 

 Bary finds a second form of fruit, though different from the 

 last, and confined to the gills. 



12. MARASMIUS, Fr. 



Hymenophorum confluent with the stem, though different 

 in texture, descending into the floceose trama. Hymenium 

 dry, covering the interstices as well as the gills. Gills or 

 folds thick, tough, and subcoriaceous. Edge acute. 



* Pileus tougli, lut fleshy ; marc/in at flrst involute ; 

 mi/celium floceose. 



1. M. urens, F}\ ; acrid; pilens fleshy, then coriaceous, 

 convexo-explanate, smooth, even, at length wrinkled or rivu- 

 lose ; stem solid, fibrous, rigid, pallid, mealy all over with 

 little white fibrils, and clothed with white down at the base ; 

 gills free, united behind, pallid and yellowish, at length 

 brownish, firm, distant, finally remote. (Plate 14, fig. 3.) 



In woods and pastures. Not uncommon. Abundant in 

 the Kew Gardens, mixed with M. oreades. Very nearly re- 

 lated to the next. 



2. M. peronatus, Fr. ; acrid ; pileus thin, coriaceous, con- 

 vexo-plane, obtuse, opaque, at length lacunose ; margin striate; 

 stem stuffed with fibres, outer coat villous, yellowish, then ru- 



