224 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



hemispherical J rugulosCj beset with scattered piirple bristles, 

 as well as the horny, dark purple stem ; gills adncxed, nar- 

 row, simple, white. — Sow. t. 164. 



On fallen holly-leaves. Southern counties and Wales. 

 Not uncommon. One of the most exquisite of Fungi. 



23. M. saccharinus, Fr.; pilcus membranaceous, convex, 

 subpapillate, smooth, sulcate and plicate ; stem very slender, 

 fioceulose, then smooth, reddish, inserted obliquely; gills 

 broadly adnate, thick, narrow, very distant, connected by 

 veins, dirty-white. 



On dead twigs. Rare. King's Cliffe. 



24. M. epiphyllus, Fr. ; pileus membranaceous, nearly 

 plane, at length urabilicate, smooth, plicato-rugose ; stem 

 rather horny, finely velvety, bright brown below, inserted ; 

 gills adnate, few, distant, entire, veiny, white. — Sow. t. 93. 



On fallen leaves, twigs, etc., especially ash-petioles. Ex- 

 tremely common. Pileus white. Sometimes almost destitute 

 of gills. 



*** Stemless. 



25. M. spodoleucus, B. and Br. ; conchiform, resupinate ; 

 margin at length free, cinereous above, pulverulent or slightly 

 furfuraceous; stem wanting; gills few, white; interstices even. 

 —Atm. of Nat. Hist. May 1859. 



On dead elm-twigs. Batheaston, C. E. Broome. Gills 

 narrow, entire, leaving a naked space at the base. 



13. LENTINUS, Fr. 



Coriaceous, fleshy, and tougli, at length hard, tough, dry. 

 Gills tough. Edge acute, toothed. Hymenophorura homo- 

 geneous with the stem. 



1. L. tigrinus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, subcoriaceous, thin, or- 



