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thickened at the base (2 m.m. thick) ; gills distant, simple, mixed 
with others dichotomous or dimidiate, white. Spores 9x5 ju. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
412. Cantkarellus concinnus. Berk. Linn. Journ. xvi., 38. 
Sacc. Syll. 1934. 
Small. Pileus in. broad. Stem thickened upwards (t in. 
high, 2 lines thick at the apex). Gills forked, very narrow, inter- 
stices veined. 
On the ground. N.S.Wales. 
Resupinata:. Pileus entire, at first cup-shaped, fixed at the vertex, 
then rejlexed. 
413. Cantharellus lobatus. Fr. ITym. 'Em. 461. Cooke 
Illus. t. 1 L I -2b. Sacc. Syll. 1952. 
Gelatinous, membranaceous, sessile, horizontal, ear-shaped 
(20-30 m.m. broad), dirty rufous, externally convex, smooth, 
beneath with crispate folds, divided near the margin. Spores 10 p 
long. 
On mosses in swamps. Victoria. 
414. Cantharellus foliolum. Kalch. Grev. ix., 134. Sacc. 
Syll. v., 1956. 
Pileus membranaceous, resnpinate, then reflexed, suborbicular, 
smooth, whitish, pallid ochraceous when dry, with a short excentric 
or lateral evanescent stem ; gills obtuse, few (4-5), very distant, 
joined by veins. 
On twigs, leaves, etc. Queensland. 
Genus 12. NYCTALIS. Fr. 
Not indigenous. 
Genus 13. MARASM1US. Fries. 
Fungi tough, dry, shrivelling, but not putrescent, reviving when 
moistened. Hymenophore continuous with the stem, but homo- 
geneous, descending into the. trama ; veil absent. Stem cartila- 
ginous or horny. Gills tough, rather distant, with an acute 
edge. 
Section I. Collybia. Pileus between fleshy and tough, at 
length rather leathery, silicate, or corrugated ; margin at 
first involute. Stem somewhat cartilaginous, mycelium floc- 
cose, sometimes not manifest. 
a. Scortei. Stem villous. Gills free. 
415. Marasmius ureus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 465. Cooke Illus 
t. 1116. Sacc. Syll. 1976. 
Acrid. Pileus between fleshy and coriaceous, convex, then 
plane, smooth, even, at length wrinkled or rivulose (3-6 c.m. broad) ; 
stem fibrous, solid, rigid, pallid, mealy with white fibrils, and 
