THE 
SOURNAL OF BOTA O 2 
BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 
NEW FUNGI FROM MADAGASCAR. 
By Grorce Masser. 
(PuatEe 3800). 
MYCODENDRON Mass. (nov. ae (figs. 14-16). ee 
erect, central, elongato-conical, expan at the base into 
irregular disc ; pilei several, imbricated on pee ths stem, distant, ee 
petal in development, circular or irregularly reniform, thin, sub- 
gelatinous ; hymenium inferior, tuberculose or with sinuous nodu- 
lose ridges showing a radial tendency of arrangement; basidia 
tetrasporous ; spores continuous wn. 
A ver ‘y remarkable genus and = oer rs iat as two fine 
specimens in an excellent state of preservati in the Kew 
Herbarium. The stem is erect, tapering cae ae bearing 
several ee circular pilei separated by elongated angi 
and becoming smaller upwards. An affinity with the 
Meralins': is is indicated by the subgelatinous substance, plicate 
high, 3-4 mm. diameter at the base ; ie oile! 4-6 in iy role 
or reniform, situated at about equal distances apart, the lowest 
4 centim. in — becoming smaller towards the apex, es 
subgelatinous, upper e rugulose, brown ; 
brown, plicato- alas ; benidia clavate, aseptate, tetrasporous 
sterigmata filiform, short; spores elliptic-oblong, continuous, 
smooth, brown, 7 x 4; paraphyses clavate, filled with brown 
granules at the apex. 
On wood. ar. (Baron). 
A peculiar species, resembling in habit ne verticillaris 
The superposed pilei are distinctly acropetal in d evelopment. 
Agaricus (Currocyss) pachycephalus Mass. (n.sp.), (figs. 
11- i). —Pileus at first convex, becoming depressed in the centre, 
glabrous, eg, ae argin finely striate when mature, pale grey, 
becomin r towards the margin, 2-8 centim. diameter, flesh: 
aed or Borany.—Vot. 29. (January, 1891.] B 
