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rhizomorphoid mycelium resembles horse-hair, and is pro- 
fusely developed, whilst the pilei are very seldom produced. 
The stems rise at right angles from the decumbent mycehum. 
The only perfect specimens are in the Berkeley Herbarium, 
Royal Gardens, Kew.” 
The second description, by Berkeley, is — 
M. equicrinis MuelL Pileo parvo ex umbrino lacteo 
paucisulcato, e fibris sterilibus repentibus nigris stipiti similis 
oriundo. 
Dalrymple creek (Lieut. Armitage) : Richmond River 
(Mrs. Aimitage) and in various places, but seldom producing 
pilei. Nearly allied to M. tomentillus, which has very short 
stems. See Grevillea, Vol. VIII., page 153, where it is called 
M. crinis equi. I, however, follow the original name of 
Mueller.” MueUer’s name does not appear to have been 
published independently, and the strict ‘‘ legal ” name in that 
case would be M. crinis equi Kalch. The majority of myco- 
logists will no doubt prefer Berkeley’s, version. Examination 
of the specimens at Kew shows that this is identical with the 
common Ceylon species. The collar can be distinguished on 
some of the specimens, and though they are umbonate, they 
can be matched in this respect by Ceylon specimens of the 
same size collected on the aerial mycelium. In the same cover 
is a specimen from Angola, which bears similar pilei, on which 
the collar can also be detected. Some of the specimens of 
mycelium from Australia are pale brown, but here, again, it is 
probable that the colour has been altered in preservation, 
though it is, of course, possible that this brown mycelium is 
another species. A specimen from Hart, of Trinidad, included 
under M. equicrinis, has quite a different habit, and is nearer 
M, hippiocJiætes, though the stalks are glabrous ; it is a 
collection of stalks, rather than rhizomorphio mycelium. 
In addition to the above, the Kew Herbarium contains 
several specimens of similar mycelium, without any fructi- 
fications, from Berkeley’s Herbarium, &c. One of these, on 
tea from Northern India (included with Stilhum nanum), is 
exactly like Marasmius equicrinis on tea in Ceylon ; and 
another collected by Teysmann in Java is indistinguishable 
from Marasmius equicrinis. 
