THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY 



SUPPLEMENT TO VOL. X. JANUARY 1843. 



XLV. — Notices of Fungi in the Herbarium of the British 

 Museum. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



[With Four Plates.] 



The greater part of the Fungi described in the present me- 

 moir were collected by Konig in Ceylon, a country which has 

 hitherto made very slight contributions to mycology. They 

 consist principally of Polypori, which, with the exception of 

 one or two cosmopolites, are new. Konig had evidently in 

 most cases well distinguished the species, and probably in- 

 tended to publish them. As most of them have manuscript 

 names, I have thought it incumbent upon me to preserve them 

 where it was possible, though obliged to alter the generic 

 name. The other Fungi are mostly those described by Swartz 

 in his e Flora India? Occidentalism Of several of these I have 

 given figures, which will I trust be acceptable as clearing up 

 difficulties and illustrating some very interesting and singular 

 productions. I trust that one effect of my labours may be to 

 draw attention to a portion of our national herbarium, which, 

 though containing several objects of interest, is perhaps that 

 which has hitherto received the fewest contributions. 



As regards the species themselves, it is very possible, though 

 I have had access to a large portion of the described species 

 of exotic Fungi, that I may have failed to recognise some 

 already published. If so, it will at any rate be in the power of 

 any competent person to correct the errors I may have made 

 by an inspection of the individual specimens described. I 

 cannot close these observations without making due acknow- 

 ledgement to Dr. Brown and Mr. Bennett for the free and 

 continued access which they kindly gave me to this portion of 

 the herbarium. 



1. Lentinus fulvus, n. s. Pileo profunde infundibuliformi 

 sulcato-striato subzonato badio; tomento brevifasciculato fulvo 

 subhispido versus marginem densiori vestito,immixtis setis lon- 

 gioribus rectis ; lamellis cinereis distantibus integerrimis om- 

 nibus una desinentibus ; stipite hispido-tomentoso subaequali. 



In Herb. Mus. Brit., without habitat. 

 Ann. $ Mag. N. Hist. Vol. x. Suppl. 2 B 



