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Mycologia 



Spores black. 6. Campanularius. 

 Stipe fleshy or fibrous, of uniform texture. 

 Veil absent, inconspicuous, or appen- 

 diculate, not forming an annulus. 

 Lamellae adnate or adnexed. 



Hymenophore solitary or 

 subcespitose, rarely densely 

 cespitose ; hygrophanous, 



viscid, or squamulose. 7. Drosophila. 

 Hymenophore densely cespi- 

 tose ; surface firm, dry, 



glabrous. 8. Hypholoma. 



Lamellae free. 9. Pilosace. 

 Veil conspicuous, forming an annulus. 

 Lamellae decurrent, waxy ; veil 



glutinous; spores black. 10. Gomphidius. 

 Lamellae not as above. 



Lamellae adnate or adnexed. 11. Stropharia. 



Lamellae free. 12. Agaricus. 



Lamellae deliquescent, melting to an inky fluid. 13. Coprinus. 



Volva present. 14. Clarkeinda. 



I. Melanotus Pat. Tax. Hymen. 175. 1900 



According to Patouillard, this genus corresponds to Crepidotus, 

 of the rusty-spored series, but differs in having spores that are 

 purplish-brown, with an apical pore. 



Pileus about 1 cm, broad. 1. M. musicola. 



Pileus 2-3 cm. broad. 2. M. fumosifolius. 



I. Melanotus musicola (Berk. & Curt.) 



Crepidotus musicola Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 883. 1887. 



Described from Wright's collections on dead plantain leaves in 

 Cuba. Specimens from Guadeloupe and St. Vincent determined 

 as Crepidotus alveolus at Kew may belong here or with Melanotus 

 fumosifolius. 



2. Melanotus fumosifolius (Murrill) 



Crepidotus fumosifolius Murrill. N. Am. Flora 10: 156. 1917. 



Described from specimens collected by Earle on a dead log at 

 Rose Hill, Jamaica. It is common also on dead banana leaves. 

 The spores are broadly ovoid, smooth, decidedly purplish-brown, 

 5-7 X 3-5-5 n. 



