ADDITIONS TO CEYLON FUITGI (ll.). 285 



Polyporus inornatus n. sp. 



Pilei dimidiate, small, orbicular, 2*5x1 cm., rather thick, 

 margin obtuse, often united laterally and decurrent in long 

 resupinate patches, white, with a brown tinge towards the 

 base of the pileus, radially silky or minutely tomentose ; 

 hymenium white, becoming i3inkish when di'y ; pores small, 

 dissepiments thin. The edge of the pileus turns red when 

 bruised. 



On dead wood (fence posts), Henaratgoda, August, 1916 ; 

 type, No. 5154 in Herb. Peradeniya. Also 4903 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



Fomes imitator n. sp. 



Conchoid, dorsally attached, more or less circular in plan, 

 up to 3 cm. diameter, 8 mm. tliick, cream-coloured to pale 

 ochraceous, with a black patch extending from the point of 

 attachment, concentrically grooved, glabrous ; hymenium 

 concave, margined, " glancing " ; pores small, dissepiments 

 thin ; context white or cream, very thin, almost the whole 

 thickness of the fungus consisting of layers of pores. 



Hakgala, April, 1919 ; No. 6061 in Herb. Peradeniya. 

 Resembles Fomes ochroleucus, but differs in its pore surface and 

 internal structure, 



Fomes yucatanensis Murrill. 



Hakgala, April, 1919 ; No. 6050 (det. Lloyd). 



Fomes pachyphloeus Pat. 



Peradeniya, October, 1916 ; No. 4946 (det. Lloyd). 



Fomes atro-albus P. Henn, 



Hakgala, April, 1919 ; No. 5964. 



Polystictus cinerascens Lev, 



Henaratgoda, July, 1917 ; No. 5426 (det. Lloyd). 



Polystictus tenuiculus Lloyd. 



Peradeniya, October, 1916 ; No. 4927 (det. Lloyd). 



Poria endoxantha n. sp. 



Rose-pink to salmon-pink when fresh, with a white margin, 

 becoming brown or blackish-brown when bruised ; internally 

 sordid-yeUow. Widely effused. Total thickness up to 4 mm., 



