858 Rev, M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungu 



802. Marasmius Wynnei, n. s. Inodorus ; pileo carnoso con- 

 vexo-plano umbonato lilacino-fusco, stipite fistuloso subconcolori 

 furfuraceo, lamellis crassis distantibus adnexis laeticoloribus. 



Amongst twigs, &c. Coed Coch, Denbighshire, Mrs. Wynne. 

 . Gregarious or csespitose. Pileus l-l^^ inch across, variously 

 tinged with brown and lilac, not rapidly changing colour, um- 

 bonate, slightly fleshy. Stem 2 inches high, IJ line thick, 

 rather paler than the pileus, fistulose, furfuraceous, springing 

 from a white mycelium, but by no means strigose or tawny at 

 the base. Gills distant, thick, moderately broad, adnexed, beau- 

 tifully tinged with lilac ; interstices even. 



One of the most beautiful of Fungi, and apparently quite 

 distinct from M. fusco-purpureus, of which Fries thinks it may 

 be a form destitute of strigse. The pileus does not, however, 

 rapidly change colour, as in that species ; the stem is not of a 

 blackish purple, neither is it smooth, and the lilac tint is very 

 striking. 



803. M. spodoleucus, n. s. Conchiformis, resupinatus, mar- 

 gine liberato, supra cinereus, subfurfuraceus ; stipite prorsus 

 nullo ; hymenio albo, lamellis paucis ; interstitiis Isevibus. 



On dead elm twigs. Batheaston, Jan. 1859, C.E. B. 



About 2 lines across, resupinate, altogether stemless, conchi- 

 form, margin free, arched; above cinereous, pulverulent, or 

 slightly furfuraceous. Hymenium white, very even. Gills few, 

 narrow, entire, so short as to leave a naked space at the base. 



A most elegant little species, and very distinct. 



804. Boletus hadius, Fr. Ep. p. 411. 



Near Birmingham, Mr. Matthews, Oct. 31, 1857. 



805. Polyporus (Mesopus) Schweinitzii, Fr. Ep. p. 433. About 

 the roots of fir-trees. Dorsetshire, C. E. B. 



It occurs with a central stem, and also imbricated, and varies 

 in the thickness of the tomentose coat. Sometimes it resembles 

 closely P. Herbergii of Eostkovius, to which species we referred 

 it, till a large specimen was found with a central stem. The 

 imbricated specimens are precisely what we have from Fries 

 under the name of Pol. Schweinitzii var. dimidiatus. 



806. P. (Anodermei) chioneus, Fr. Ep. p. 453. On dead 

 wood. Mossburnford, A. Jerdon, Esq.; Bathford (on fir), 

 g. E. B., Dec. 1858. 



The specimens are named on the authority of Fries. 



807. P. (Inodermei) Wynnei, n. s. Confluenti-multiplex, pileo 

 postice adnato efiuso reflexo tenui alutaceo lineato-sericeo, poris 

 parvis angulatis albis. 



Running over twigs, grass, &c. Coed Coch, Denbighshire; 

 New Brighton, Cheshire, M. J. B. 



Thin, incrusting various substances, with the margin more or. 



