FUNGI OF THE * CHALLENGER * EXPEDITTOX. 53 



Mont 



Ft 



278. P. (Placodermei) australis, Ft. 



279. P. (Placodermei) scansilis, B. Levis, pileo pulvinato 

 brunneo repetite profunde sulcato-costato coiFeato ; cuticula 

 tenui rigida ; contextu crasao candido fibroso in pores brunneos 

 punctiformes desinente. 



Several incbes across, attached behind ; pileus with prominent 



ridges all round. The light white substance consists of vertical 



fibres, which end in the deep umber tubes, whose orifices are punc- 

 tiform with flat interstices. 



280. P. (Inodebmei) hibsutus, Ft, Ep. p. 477. 



Some of the specimens are very thick and rigid, sometimes 

 nearly smooth, and if there were no intermediate forms might be 

 considered distinct. 



281. Merulius corium, Ft, El, p. 55. 



282. Cora payonta, Fr. Ep. p. 556. 



Addendum. 



The subjoined fungi have nothing to do with the * Challenger ' 

 collection ; but they are inserted here as gathered in an island 

 situated in nearly the same latitude as one visited by the Expe- 



dition. 



Lord Howe's Islak^d. 



Fungi communicated by J. P. Fullager. 



a. ScHIZOPHYLIiUM COMMXJKE, Ft. 



On decayed Palm-stems. 



^. HlEIsEOLA POLTTRICHA, Mout. 



y. PoLTPOEus (Pletjegpus) flabellifoemis, Klotzscli in Linn. 

 viii. p. 483. 



I. P. (Pleueopus) sakguikeus, Ft, 



€. P. (Iis'gdeemei) aeatus, jB. Luteo-olivaceus ; pileo dimi- 

 diato subimbricato flexili concentrice sulcato nitido glabrato ; 

 margine tenuissimo, subtus sterili ; contextu concolori ; poris 

 parvis rigidiusculis saturatioribus. 



Pileus 3^-4 inches wide, 3 inches long, smooth and shining 

 when fully developed, flexible ; pores subhexagonal, about ^'-^ inch 

 in diameter. I have a Folj/p or us from Brisbane communicated by 



