Fungi, dy M. J. Berkeley.) FLORA OF TASMANIA. 249 
Has. On dead wood, growing on a Zhelephora or Mycelium, resembling T. sebacea, J. D. H. 
Gregarious. Pileus 1-2 lines or more across, subresupinate, dirty-white, hemispherical, slightly grooved, 
tomentose, often greyish or brownish when old, at length resupinate. Stem about 1 line high, tomentose, curved 
| back. Gills few, adnate, thick, ochraceous ; interstices even.—This species, like M. epileucus, Berk., seems gene- 
rally to grow on a substance like Thelephora sebacea, but whether of the nature of a Mycelium or not 1 am unable to 
say. In some conditions the pileus becomes entirely attached, and then resembles M. adherens, Berk. and Curt., a 
Venezuelan species. 
3. Marasmius subsupinus (Berk.) ; pusillus, pileo convexo rugosiusculo furfuraceo postice adhm- 
rente, stipite brevi farinaceo, lamellis paucis rigidis planis. 
Has. On dead wood, Archer. 
About 4 of an inch across, ochraceous, with a rufous tinge, convex, rigid, furfuraceous, attached behind ; 
border sulcate or crenate. Stem short, farinaceous. Gills few, rather thick, firm; edge entire, obtuse, plane or 
only very slightly ventricose.— The gills are so thick and rigid that this pretty species might almost be placed in 
Lentinus. It varies in colour from nearly white to rufous. 
4. Marasmius Eucalypti (Berk.); pileo conico umbone opereuliformi terminato 1. obtuso brun- 
neolo sericeo, stipite seteformi compresso nitente, lamellis ventricosis albis, interstitiis venosis. 
Has. On fruit and twigs of some Eucalyptus, Archer. 
Pileus 4-4 inch high, conical, brownish, silky, obtuse and truncate, or ending in an apiculate operculiform 
umbo; margin often reflected. Stem setiform, variable in length, dark, shining, sometimes branched and creeping. 
Gills few, cream-coloured, ventricose, attenuated above ; interstices wrinkled.—A very distinct and beautiful species. 
5. Marasmius meloniformis (Berk.) ; minutus, pileo hemispheerico spadiceo umbilicato profunde 
sulcato farinaceo, stipite seteeformi nitido, lamellis albidis. 
Has. On leaves of Zucalypti, and on twigs, Archer. 
Minute. Pileus 4-1 line across, hemispherical, umbilicate, with about ten deep furrows and as many rounded 
ribs. Stem variable in length, sometimes creeping and branched, dark, shining. Gills few, white.—A pretty little 
species, allied to M. hematocephalus, etc. 
Gen. VIII. LENTINUS, Fr. 
Coriaceus 1. carnoso-lentus. amelie cum hymenophoro concrete, discrete (nec pliceformes), tenues, 
absque trama distincta, acie acuta dentata vel inciso-lacerata. 
A fine genus, abounding in tropical climates, but not confined to them, and differing from Agaricus in the 
tougher, more persistent substance. The Tasmanian species approach nearer to tropical types than most other 
Tasmanian Fungi. (Name from lentus, tough.) 
1. Lentinus fasciatus (Berk. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 146). 
Has. On dead branches, Gunn, ete. 
2. Lentinus hepatotrichus (Berk.); pileo ungulato hepatico antice glabrescente postice strigoso, 
lamellis latis pallidis margine crenato-dentatis. (Tas. CLXXXI. Fig. 9.) 
Has. On Stringy-bark Gum-tree : bank of Ovens Rivulet, July, 1855, Archer. 
Pileus ungulate, sessile, 3-1 inch broad, liver-coloured, at length smooth in front, behind covered with stri- 
gose tufts of hairs. Gills broad, distant, far paler than the pileus, and yellowish, with the edge strongly crenato- 
dentate. Spores dirty-white, elliptic. —PLATE CLXXXI. Fig. 9; a, upper side, nat. size; 6, under side, ditto ; 
c, spores on sporophores. 
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