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L. ROMELL 



Seen from above this plant can easily be taken for a Lycoperdon owing 

 to the peculiar spines which are inclined towards each other so as to form 

 small splitted tents or pyramidal grates. 



M. granulosus n. sp. 



Truncicola. Centraliter stipitatus. Pileus convexus, leviter umbilicatus, 

 dense granulosus, gilvus, i — 2.5 cm. latus. Stipes curvatus, flocculoso-puberu- 

 lus vel demum subnudus, pallidus, 1 — 1.5 cm. longus, 1.5—2 mm. crassus. La- 

 mellae subdistantes, adnatae vel leviter decurrentes, gilvidae. Hyphae lamel- 



Upper row: Marasmhis ecJiinatus in natural size and a portion of the top of pileus 

 magnified about 11 times. 



Lower row: Maj-astnitis gramthsits in natural size and a portion of tlie top of pileus 

 magnified about 1 1 times. 



larum molles, fibulatae 2 — 5 jj. crassae. Cystidia filiformia vel anguste fusoidea 

 vel basidioidea, 3 — 4.5 [x crassa, hymenium non vel vix superantia. Basidia 

 4-spora, ad apicem 4.5 — 6 [i crassa. Sporae subpyriformes, 6— 9 X 4 — 5 {x, intus 

 granulosae. 



Masatierra: Valle Colonial, Quebr. Giuterrez, 7. 12. 1916. 



Certainly distinct from Panus granulattis B. et MoNT. as far as can be 

 seen from the description of the latter. The granulate surface of pileus recalls 

 Lepiota ainianthina and Lepiota carcharias. 



