142 DECADES OF FUXGI 



pallido primum villoso, demum calvescente ; margine lobato ; stipite 

 brevi nudo ; lamellis subdistantibus longe decurrentibus latiusculis, 



acie tenui subintegra. Spru(^, n. 136. 



Hab. On decayed trunks of trees. February, 1853. Pauure. 



White. Pileus 3 inches across, thin, umbilicate, subinfundibuliforin, 

 at first clothed (at least in the centre) with long, tow-like hairs, then 

 quite smooth, striate ; margin lobed and crenate ; sometimes however 

 nearly entire, and fissured in the direction of the gills. Stems |-1 

 inch high, 2 lines thick, often connate, nearly naked. Gills rather 

 distant, broadish, decurrent, but not ending abruptly ; edge very thm, 

 entire, or only a little uneven ; not regularly denticulate. 



The distinctive character of this species, of which I have seen many 

 specimens, is the change in the nature of the surface which takes place 

 with age. 



The surface of the pileus, indeed, resembles that of Lentinus sub- 



nudus^ but the gills in that species are closer and thinner. 



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L. tener, Kl. MSS. 



Hab. On decayed wood with L. villosus, from which its strongly 

 glandular gills at once distinguish it. 



537. Panus reticulafus^ n. s. ; pileo piano depresso fuligineo reticu- 

 lato, stipite gracili concolore ; lamellis pallidis angnstis confertis bre- 

 viter decurrentibus postice reticulatis. Spruce, n. 130, 



Hab. On the ground amongst leaves, etc. March, 1853. Panure. 



Pileus ^-|^ of an inch across, piano-depressed, dingy, more or less 

 sometimes veiy strongly reticulated ; thin. Stem of the same colour 

 as the pileus, 1-2 inches high, 1 line or more thick, smooth. Mycelium 

 white, forming little tooth-like bristles. Gills narrow, close, at first 

 obtuse, anastomosing behind. Spores (if really belonging to the spe- 

 cies) globose, strongly echinulate, 3-5V0 ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ diameter. 



This is a very curious species, approaching the genus Caniharelhi^- 

 I regret that I have not sufficient materials to say more about it. 



538. P, SpTKcei, n. s. ; pileo excentrico flabelliformi striatim sub- 

 rugoso livido siccitate albescente, margine lobato ; stipite brevi com- 

 press© ; lamellis subdistantibus nigris decurrentibus postice cum stipite 

 subtiliter tomentosis integris. Spruce, n. 74. (Tab. V. fig. Gi.) 



Hab. On decayed wood. Panure. 



Pileus li inch long, 2 inches broad, depressed behind, flabeUiform, 

 iobed, livid, whitish when dry, opaque from very minute matted down, 



