DECADES OF FUNGI. 499 
169. P. (Pleuropus) dilatatus, n. s.; pileo laterali spathu- 
lato tenui coriaceo badio zonato glabrato, stipite longo sur- 
sum dilatato furfuraceo luteo; hymenio determinato pallido, 
poris minutis. 
On dead wood. Dense forests at the foot of Adam's Peak, 
Ceylon. 
Pileus 11 inch broad, 14 long, spathulate, or nearly orbi- 
cular, depressed behind, and e with the stem, at first 
furfuraceous, at length nearly smooth, shining, minutely 
virgate, bay-brown, variegated with darker zones. 
_ Stems 12 inch long, dilated above, somewhat compressed, 
furfuraceous, at length smooth above, yellow, somewhat 
bulbous at the base. 
Hymenium determinate; pores minute, angular. 
Allied to P. zanthopus, and affinis, but distinguished by its 
larger pores and different habit. 
*P, flabelliformis. Klotzsch in Linnea, vol. 8, p. 483. 
On wood. Talagalla, Ceylon. Feb. 1846. 
Varying greatly as regards the length of the stem, which in 
ene specimen is central. 
170. P. (Pleuropus) discipes, n. sp.; coriaceus, pileo reni- 
formi fulvo nitidulo glabrato leviter zonato hic illic rugoso, 
plicatove ; stipite disciformi ; hymenio LR os Inteo-fusco 
margine sterili luteo, poris minutis, 
On dead wood. Talagalla, Ceylon. 
Pileus 14-24 inches broad, 1-14 inch long, reniform, or 
somewhat cuneate, thin, coriaceous, sometimes laterally con- 
fluent, . tawny, at first most minutely velvetv or pruinose, at 
length smooth and rather shining, marked with one or two 
concentric ridges, between which it is repeatedly and finely 
Zoned, often plicate (like Pol. Auberianus) or slightly rugged, 
but sometimes nearly even ; margin very acute. 
Stem extremely short, Fe se P Nen 
Hymenium uneven, of a rich "i ; mar 
Yellow; pores minute, not ;4,th of an inch in diamete E 
a Punctiform ; Po ee here and there slightly elongated. ae : 
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