176 DECADES OF FUNGI, 



stipite gracillimo ; hymenio ex alboumbrino ; poris minutissimig. (Tab. 



Hab. la Caatingas. Pauure. 



Pileus 1-2 inches across, at first spathulato-flabelliform, then truly 

 flabelliform, and at length cup-shaped from the confluence of the edges, 

 deep bay, shining, nearly even. Stem 8 inches or more high, not a 

 line thick, irregular. Hymenium at first white, then umber ; pores 



f^ of an inch across, subhexapronal. 



2 1 



Allied to P. renatus^ which has larger pores. In both the pores 

 seem tender. (Tab. X. fig. 2. P, passerinus, nat. size.) 



558. P. (Pleuropus) macer, n. s.; pileo reniformi rigido coriaceo 

 ' hepatico subzonato ; margine integro ; stipite elongato umbrino prui- 

 noso sursum nigrescente; hymenio concavo brunneo; poris puncti- 

 formibus, trama sulcata ; contextu pallido subluteo. 



Hab. Panure. 



Pileus li inch across, reniform, entire, rigid, coriaceous, deep liver- 

 coloured, smooth, with two or three zones ] substance pallid, inclimng 

 to yellow. Stem 9 inches high, 2 lines thick, umber, -nrninnsfi. be- 



pruinose 



coming black or bay above, especially at the apex. Hymenium con- 

 cave, brownish ; pores punctiform, ocellate. Trama slightly sulcate. 



This is evidently distinct from P. ocellatus in its yellowish not red- 

 dish substance, and other points. Unfortunately there is but a single 

 specimen- 



559. P. (Pleuropus) pallidus, n. s. ; pileo suberoso convexo reni- 

 formi pallido zonis crebris notato ; stipite laterali umbrino pruinoso ; 

 hymenio leviter umbrino concavo. 



Hab- On dead wood. Panure. Spruce. 



Pileus 3 inches across, hard, corky, reniform, convex, pallid, marked 



5 darker zones ; margin obtuse, nearly entire. Stem " 

 of an inch thick, rather irregular. Hymenium of the 



with 



inches high, 



same colour as the pileus. 



1. 



3 



Camerarius 



eniformi 



A ^ ^ ^ ^ M 



radiato-rugoso brunneolo zonis crebris sulcisque concentricis picto sub- 

 sericeo ; stipite laterali umbrino pruinoso sursum dilatato ; hymenio 

 pallida umbrino-brunneolo ; contextu cinnamomeo. Spruce, n. 55. 



Hab, On dead wood. Panure. 



Pileus 2 inches across, reniform, convex, corky, slightly radiato- 



