500 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
Allied to Pol. brunneolus, with somewhat of the aspect of 
Pol. cupreus. It is an extremely elegant species. 
*P. lacteus, Fr. Ep. p. 453. 
On dead wood, base of Adam's Peak, Ceylon. 
"There are but two specimens, which I refer doubtfully to 
P. lacteus, because I have no type. They belong at any rate 
to the same group. 
171. P. (Anodermei) secernibilis, n. sp. ; eximie imbricatus 
postice confluenti-effusus a matrice secernibilis; pileis mem- 
branaceo-coriaceis subplicatis sericeis demum glabrescentibus 
nitidulis pallidis zonis obscurioribus ; poris minimis fuligineis. 
Talagalla, Ceylon. Feb. 1846. 1 
. Effused behind, but separable from the matrix, giving off 
from the decurrent mass numerous imbricated pilei, which are 
1 inch or more long, thin membranaceo-coriaceous, laterally 
confluent, slightly crisped or plicate, pale, with darker zones, 
silky, at length smooth and shining; more or less virgate ; 
sometimes, especially behind, the silky covering is raised into 
little elevated scales. 
Pores very minute, angular, dull-brown, shallow but rather 
deeper than the substance of the pileus. | 
Very closely allied to P. adustus and P. crispus, but a neater 
plant than either, resembling somewhat, at first sight, the | 
true Thelephora versicolor, Swartz, but not so highly co" ~ 
loured. The zones vary in intensity. - a 
172. P. (Anodermei) rubidus, n. sp.; roseo-gilvus ; pileo 
tenui coriaceo subreniformi sulcato-zonato inæquabili pulve- 
rulento sericeo ; contextu concolori ; poris minimis brevibus 
punctiformibus. Gardn. 96. : | 
- Point de Galle, Ceylon. On fallen trees in woods. Dee. 
1844. | | 
. Pilei 2 inches or more broad, 14 inch long, laterally con- 
fluent, subreniform or subflabelliform, thin, coriaceous of a e. 
. delicate rosy grey, uneven, sulcate or zoned, clothed with c 
"delicate mealy pubescence. Substance coloured like the — 
