196 DECADES OF FUNGI. 



P. (Pleuropus) sanguineus^ Fr. Ep. p. 444, Spruce, n. 187, 46. 



Hab. The commonest Fungus on logs, in newly cleared ground, and 

 near tlie houses. Panure. February, 1853. 



No. 46 is a bleaclied form, on dead stems of Alpinia aromatica. 

 jP. (Pleuropus) mufabilis, Berk, in Ann. of Nat. Hist. 1853. Spruce, 

 n. 173, 176, 30. 



Hab. On dead wood. Panure. 



In 176 the edge is so thin as to be reduced to the cuticle, which is 

 lacerated, insomuch that the pileus appears ciliated. 



* P. (Pleuropus) luteiis, Nees, Act. Nov. vol. xiii. t. 4, fig. 2. Spruce, 

 n. 19. 



Hab. On dead wood. Panure. December. 



568. P. (Pleuropus) porpJiyritis^ n. s. ; tenuis coriaceus ; pileo fla- 

 belliformi ochraceo-zonato purpurascente, margiue tenui ; stipite brevi 

 subconcolore ; hymenio pallido; poris minutis. Spruce, n. 182. 



Hab. On dead trunks. Panure, March, 1853, 



Pileus 2 inches or more across, thin, coriaceous, flabellate or subre- 

 niforra, very minutely tomentose, repeatedly zoned, tinged here and 

 there with purple. Stem \ of an inch high, subcylindrical, attached 

 by an orbicular disc, inclining to taw^ny, smooth. Hymenium pallid ; 

 pores minute, subangular ; substance pale. 



Allied to P. luteus, etc., but very different in colour and habit; al- 

 most tlie whole of the upper surface is more or less tinged wnth purple. 

 Sometimes the pileus is elongated. 



569. P. (MQiismai) polydact^lus, n, s; pileo suberoso polydactylo 

 urabrino zonis brunneis picto subvelutino, loborum apicibus orbiculari- 



atatis ; hymeuio albo ; poris parvis subangul 

 Hab. Amon":st the roots of trees. Panure. 



Spruce, n. 59. 



Hard, corky. Pileus continuous, with the deeply rooting stem two 

 to three times forked, so as to form fan-like divisions, the tips dilated, 

 and forming beneath orbicular discs; umber-brown, fasciated to the 

 base, minutely velvety. Hymenium white; pores small, ^ru ^^ ^^ 

 inch, slightly angular. 



This very curious species is certainly no monstrous form of any other 

 in the collection; the dilated hymenia are very peculiar, resembling 

 somewhat the expansions on the feet of the Gecko. With the excep- 

 tion of the hymenium, the lower part is fasciated like the upper. 



570. P. (Anodermei) niwmsy n. s. ; pileo crassiusculo convexo pos- 



