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slimy surface and changeable flesh.—It is much esteemed 
by the natives as an article of food. 
35. Polyporus (Mesopus) oblectans, n. sp.; pileo tenui co- 
riaceo depresso inciso repando centro presertim zonato, stri- 
goso-striato nitidulo late cinnamomeo; stipite centrali velutino 
rubro-fusco; poris parvis dentatis cinnamomeis.— Drumm. 
D 157. 
On sandy ground. 
Pileus 14 inch across, deeply depressed, with the margin 
spreading and laciniated, thin, coriaceous, rough, with 
linear radiating, somewhat strigose, bundles of flocci more 
or less zoned, especially in the centre, slightly shining, of a 
rich cinnamon brown, except in the centre, where it is fre- 
quently cinerous; sometimes crested with flat, laciniate 
processes, or laterally confluent. Stem central, about 1 inch 
high, 1-2 lines thick, clothed with a rich, red-brown velvety 
pubescence. Pores small, very irregular, and jagged, with 
thin dissepiments, often very shallow, or quite obsolete to- 
wards the margin, of the same colour with the pileus. 
This species resembles Pol. perennis, but differs in its bright 
colour, more flexible substance, and in the peculiar appear- 
ance of the pileus. It is also very near to P. cinereus, which 
has however much larger pores, as well as being of a duller 
tint. It accords with P. Montagnei in this latter respect, 
but that is a much smoother and neater species. | 
36. P. (Mesopus) Cladonia, n. sp. minuta; pileo cyathi- 
formi tenuissimo fasciculato-tomentoso fulvo-cinnamomeo 
demum glabrescente nitido nigro; stipite sursum incrassato 
velutino, Hymenio tarde evoluto ; poris brevibus irregula- 
ribus.—Drumm. n. 220. 
On common soil. 
_ Pileus 4-3 an inch. across, cyathiform, very thin, of a tawny 
cinnamon fasciculato-tomentose, at length becoming perfectly 
smooth, black, shining, and zoned. Stem jan inch high, 
gradually swelling upwards into the pileus, and of the same 
colour with it. Hymenium for a long time barren, and of 
the same colour with the stem ; pores small, shallow, irregular. 
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