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Hexagona picta. Berkl. 



Hexagona picta, Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 50. 



Pileo dimidiato, postice sanguineo-rufo, antice pallido, lineato-ruguloso plicato, primum 

 pulverulento ; hymenio umbrino ; poris hie illic margine undulatis. 

 Pdeus 2^ to 3 inches wide, f inch long ; pores -k inch in diameter. 

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



Laschia tremellosa, Fries. 



Laschia tremellosa, Fries; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 50. 



Admiralty Islands. — South India, Ceylon, Mauritius, Java, the West Indies, Mexico, 

 and South America. 



Stereum elegans, Fries. 



Stereum elegans, Fries, Ep., p. 545; BerkL in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 50. 



Admiralty Islands. — Bombay, Ceylon, Australia, Tasmania, West Indies, and South 

 America. 



Thelephora lamellata, Berkl. et Curt. 



Thelephora lamellata, Berkl. et Curt, in U.S. Expl. Exped., xvii. p. 199, t. 1, fig. 7, et Berkl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 50. 



Admiralty Islands. — Also in the Fiji and Solomon Islands. 



Hirneola polytricha, Mont. 



Hirneola polytricha,[~Mont., Syllog. Gen. et Sp. PI. Crypt., p. 181 ; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 

 xvi. p. 50. 



Admiralty Islands. — Tins species is spread over nearly all tropical and subtropical 

 countries, including many of the islands of Polynesia. 



Hirneola rufa, Berkl. 



Hirneola rufa, Berkl. in Ann. Nat. Hist., x. p. 384, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 50. 



Admiralty Islands. — Ceylon. 



Peziza hindsii, Berkl. 



Peziza hindsii, Berkl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., 1842, p. 456, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 

 xvi. p. 50 ; Cooke, Mycographia, t. 51, fig. 200. 



'The largest, very thin specimens, from the base of littoral trees, were constantly 

 being bathed and often immersed in sea-water." 



Admiralty Islands.— Ceylon ; Arrou ; New Zealand ; San Domingo ; Cuba ; Guiana ; 

 Brazil. 



