304 REV. M. J. BERKELEY AND DR. M. A. CURTIS 



179. B. cuBKNSis, B. <5' C (344.) Pileo squamuloso vaccino; stipite 

 deorsum incrassato albo sursutn vaccino transversim squaiuoso ; poris 

 flavo-viridibus amplis adnatis. 



On the ground. October. Pileus 1^ inch across, scales minute ; 

 stem 2| inch high, | inch thick, clavate at the base. No. 343 is 

 another species of Boletus^ attacked by Bepedonium^ and indeter- 

 minable. 



13. PoLTPORUS, Fries. 



180. PoLYPORus (Mesopus) arcularius, Fr. Ep. p. 430, (92.) 

 On decayed wood. Hah, Neelgherries, Ceylon, New Zealand, 



Texas, Pyrenees. 



181. P. (Mesopus) iEMULANS, B. ^'C. (91.) Pileo umbilicato radiato- 

 striato glabrescente ochraceo, margine subtihter hispidulo subcinereo ; 

 stipite aequali brunneo pulverulento; poris alveolaribus. 



On decayed wood. Pores -^^^ inch across ; dissepiments rigid. 

 Pileus 1| inch across ; stem | inch high, ^ inch thick. Stem dif- 

 ferent from that of P. arcitlarius, 



182. P. (Mesopus) tricholoma, Mbwf. Cub. p. 411; Fr. Ep, 431. 



(85, 87, 88, 89.) 

 Var. Poris majoribus. (381, 383, 84.) 



On rotten sticks. February. Hah. Gruiana, Mexico. 



183. P. (Mesopus) stipitarius, B. Sf C. (90.) Albus; pileo orbicu- 

 lari profunda umbilicato tenui glabro, margine epiloso; stipite gracili 

 glabriuscido ; poris minimis angulatis acie subintegris. 



Var. Poris majoribus. (384.) 



On logs. July. Pileus |-1 inch across ; stem | inch high, not 

 a line thick. Pores ^-}o'. Spores white. The variety is apparently 

 more csespitose, and on a rather larger scale, the pores ^ko' 



184. P. (Mesopus) acicula, B. ^- C. (95.) Pileo orbiculari convexo 

 glabro umbilicato, margine involute ; stipite filiformi glabro ; pons 

 par\'is alveolaribus. 



On rotten wood. Pileus not a line across ; stem ^ inch high, 

 quite smooth, with a little down at the base. A very elegant 

 little species. 



185. P. (Mesopus) similis, B, Hook. Land. Journ. p. 635. (86.) 

 On dead wood. Ilab. Brazil. 



186. P. (Mesopus) viKGATUS, B. 4- C. (93,94,3/5.) Pileo orbiculari 

 depress© demiim e cuticula rupta vivgato camoso tomentosp g^bres- 

 cente; stipite sursum Incrassato; poris mediis angulatis, dissepimentis 

 tenuibiis dentatis, decurrentibus. 



On dead wood. Pileus 3 inches across, rufous when dry; stem 



