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Hymenoch-ETE crocicreas, Berk, fy Broome. Crassa, resu- 

 pinata, intus croceo-lateritia. matricem eodem colore tingens. 

 Berk. Sf Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xiv. p. 68. (No 

 specimen in Herb. Berk.) 



On decayed wood. Ceylon. 



Hymenoch^te depallens, Berk. Sf Curt. Effusa ; hymenio 

 velutino, pallido, rimoso, contextu molli, fulvo-cinnamomeo ; 

 setulis acuminatis, 40-60 x 8-10 /x ; sporae oblongo-ellipsoideae, 

 8-10 x 5 ft. — Berk. <$f Curt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xiv. 

 p. 68. (Type iu Herb. Berk. n. 3723.) 



On branches and wood. Ceylon. 



Broadly effused, rather thick; margin often byssoid; by me- 

 dium pale, cracked in the dry specimens. 



Hyme^och^te insularis, Berk. Tota resupinata, rubiginosa, 

 primum orbicularis ; margine angusto tomentoso caudido ; hyme- 

 nio velutino, rimoso ; setulis obtusis, 40-50 x 10 /x ; sporae ellip- 

 aoideae, GxS~4< p.-Berk. in Grev. I p. 165. (Type in Herb. 

 Berk. n. 3736.) 



Carolina, on Castanea sativa, Mill. 



" At first orbicular, with a narrow white tomentose margin ; 

 under surface white; at length laterally confluent, ultimately 

 continuous. As in JPolyporus igniarius, the mycelium which 

 penetrates below the thin bark is white." (Berkeley.) 



Thin, closely adnate, ferruginous-brown ; hymenium velvety ; 

 margin paler, minutely fibrillose. 



Htmexochjete leonina, Berk. $ Curt. Tota resupinata, 

 croceo-ferruginea ; margine tomentoso ; hymenio inaequabili inse- 

 parabili nee rimoso ; setulis acuminatis, crassis, 20-30 x 12-15 /* ; 

 sporse subglobosse, 6 x 5 ft. (Type in Herb. Berk. Kew. n. 3715.) 



On dead wood. Cuba ; Ceylon ; Britain. 



Broadly effused, thin, firmly adnate ; margin almost indeter- 

 minate ; setae rare ; threads of subiculum coloured ; hymenium 

 variable in colour, often ferruginous-orange with patches of pure 

 yellow. 



























Htmenoch^te ljevigata, Massee. Effusa, tenuis, velutina, 

 olivaceo-fusca, subiculo obsoleto; setulis acuminato-conicis, 

 60-100 x 5-7 n ; sporae cylindraceo-ellipsoideae, 7x5/i— Thele- 

 P&ora (Stereum) laevigata, Schweinitz, Syn. Fung. N. Amer. 

 (Specimen from Schweinitz in Herb. Berk.) 



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