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clothed with white down at the base (10-14 c.m long, 6 m.m. 
thick) ; gills free, joined behind, pallid, somewhat yellowish, 
becoming brownish , at length remote, distant, firm. Spores 
3-4 x 2i-3 /a. 
In woods. Queensland. 
416. Marasmius hepaticus. Berk. Hook. Journ. v., p. 1. 
Sacc. By II. 2013. 
C»spitose. Pileus hemispherical, becoming smooth, rather 
fleshy (18 m.m. broad) ; stem nearly equal above, but thickened 
below, smooth, fibrously cartilaginous, liver colour, as well as the 
pileus (4 c.m. loug, 3 m.m. thick) ; gills nearly free, distant, 
attenuated behind, tawny. 
Amongst ferns. Tasmania. 
417- Marasmius pilopus. Kalch. Orev. vm., t. 143, f 13. 
Succ. Byll v., 2014. 
Pileus between coriaceous and membranaceous, almost dia- 
phanous, convex, obtuse, or wilh the centre depressed (scarcely 
1 in. broad), wholly radiately striate, gilvous, becoming pale; stem 
stuffed, then hollow (1-2 in. long, 1 line and more thick), some- 
what bulbous at the base, invested wholly with a powdery 
ochraceous brown tomentum ; gills adnate, very broad behind, 
narrower towards the margin, distant, branched, edge entire, red 
flesh colour when dry ; spores oval (2£ x 1^ p). 
On wood. N. S. Wales. 
b. Tergini. Stem rooting. 
418. Marasmius confertus. B. <j' Br. Ceylon Fungi No. 
352. Sacc. Syll. 2046. 
Ctespitose. Pileus rather campauulate, then flattened or de 
pressed, somewhat membranaceous, tawny, even (18 m.m. diam.) ; 
stems of the same colour, hollow, paler above, polished, arising 
from a common membranaceous pilose base (2 j-5 c.m. long, 
1| m.m. thick) ; gills of the same colour (2 m.m. broad), ventri- 
cose, free. Spores subglobose, 6 p. 
Amongst dead vegetables. Queensland. N.S. Wales. 
419. Marasmius Muelleri. Berk. Linn. Journ. xviii., 383. 
Sacc. Byll. 2049. 
Csespitose. Pileus umbilicate, rugosely sulcate, delicately 
tomentose, tawny (2i c.m. broad) ; stem t’ dilated at the base, 
pulverulently tomentose (2£ c.m. long, 2 m.m. hick) ; gills distant, 
rather broad, ventricose, wood coloured, adnate, targin entire. 
On the ground. Victoria. Queensland. 
420. Marasmius erytliropus. Pers. Syn. 367. Fr. Hym. 
Fur. 470. Cooke lllus. t. 1123. Sacc. Syll. 2051. 
Inodorous. Pileus rather fleshy ( 14 - 2 ^ c.m. broad), convexo- 
plane, then obtuse, even, turning pale, at length rugose ; stem 
list u lose, striate, smooth, dark-red, somewhat pruinose when dry, 
