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This species makes tinder without any preparation. 
38. P. (Apus) ochroleucus, n. sp.; erumpens, pileo angulato 
suberoso pauci-zonato ochroleuco primum subtiliter tomen- 
toso demum glabro, margine obtuso sterili, contextu albido 
hymenio subconcolore poris punctiformibus. parvis sæpe 
obturatis acie obtusis integerrimis.— Drumm. n. 248, 285. 
Bursting through the bark of decayed branches. 
Pileus 14 inch broad and long, angulate, corky, at first mi- 
nutely tomentose, but soon nearly smooth, with four or five 
convex zones, whitish ochre, rather tawny in the older por- 
tion ; margin obtuse, barren. Hymenium flat or slightly 
convex ; pores small, round, with obtuse dissepiments, as if 
pricked with a pin, rather darker than the pileus, yellowish 
within, sometimes slightly angular, arranged regularly in 
quincunxes, stratose. Substance white. 
There is a strange resemblance between this species and 
the Philippine P. ochreo-laccatus, Mont., but not only does 
it want the laccate coat, but the substance of the pileus is 
white instead of brown. It is curious that, as in that species, 
the orifices of the pores are often blocked up. I cannot point 
out any species to which it is really very closely allied, but it 
will take its place near Pol. marginatus. 
39. P. (Apus) compressus, n. sp.; minor, oblique compresso- 
ungulatus; pileo zonato lineato-rugoso primum albido-fulvo 
demum brunneo-nigra; contextu angustissimo albido; hy- 
menio obliquo albo; poris stratosis parvis punctiformibus 
subintegris.— Drumm. n. 141. | 
On hard dead wood. 3 
Pileus 1 inch broad, 3 inch long, hard, obliquely ungulate 
and compressed at first, of a tawny white and occasionally 
slightly tomentose, passing through different shades of brown 
to black, zoned, marked with raised rugged lines, paler to- 
wards the margin. Substance whitish, extremely thin. My- 
celium white, penetrating deeply into the wood. Hymenium 
for the most part extremely oblique, so that the pileus and 
hymenium are almost in the same plane white. Pores stra- 
tose, 1-100th of an inch in diameter, forming almost the 
