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Marasmius fulviceps. Berkl. 



Marasmius fidmceps, Berkl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Lot., 1847, p. 490; IScrkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond., xvi. p. 49. 



Admiralty Islands. — United States, Guiana, and Brazil, and also in Ceylon. 



Marasmius hispidulus, Berkl. 



Marasmius hispidulus, Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 



Pileo e convexo explanato fulvo hispido ; stipite gracili deorsum albo furfuraceo, sur- 

 sum primitus subtiliter velutino bruDneo ; lamellis ventrioosis adnatis. 

 Pileus 2-3 lines across ; stems •§■ to \ inch high. 

 Admiralty Islands. — Endemic. 

 There is also in the collection a barren Marasmius on T richomanes javanicus. 



Lentinus hygrornetricus, Berkl. 



Lentinus hygrornetricus, Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 

 Pileo infundibuliformi, subtiliter tomentoso lineato, margine exsiccato lobato inflexo ; 

 stipite gracili sursum dilatato furfuraceo glabrescente ; lamellis angustissimis decurrentibus. 



Scattered on blackened dead wood. 



Pileus f inch across when expanded ; stem 1 inch high, not a line thick. 



Admiralty Islands. — Endemic as far as at present known. 



Lentinus villosus, Fries. 



Lentinus villosus, Fries, Ep., p. 388 ; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 



Admiralty Islands.— West Africa, Cuba, San Domingo, and Brazil. 



Polyporus (Mesopus) xanthopus, Fries. 



Polyporus (Mesopus) xanthopus, Fries, Obs., ii. p. 285 ; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49 



Admiralty Islands. — Widely diffused in tropical regions. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) affinis, Nees. 



Polyporus {Pleuropus) affinis, Nees ; Fries, Ep., p. 445 ; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 



Admiralty Islands.— Australia to the Philippines, Nicobars, and Pegu ; also in 

 Brazil. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) sanguineus, Fries. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) sanguineus, Fries, Ep., p. 444; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49 



Admiralty Islands.— This species inhabits all tropical and subtropical countries. 



