508 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
Somewhat resembling some forms of Pol. Persoonii, Mont., 
but without the slightest varnish on the pileus. 
*Hexagona Konigü, Berk., in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. 10, p. 
379. 
On dead branches. Dense forests at base of Adam's Peak, 
Ceylon. 
The pores are more regular and their dissepiments more 
rigid than in the specimens in the British Museum. One of 
them is quite resupinate. 
HvussE1A, 7. g. 
Peridium: stipitatum papyraceo-corneum, ore determinato 
profunde radiato-sulcato, extus velo universali cartilagineo- 
viscoso serius reflexo et stipiti adherenti vestitum ; peridium 
internum nullum obsoletumve; capillitium discretum totam 
peridii cavitatem implens, extus sterile compactum coloratum, 
intus magis laxum subhyalinum sporas numerosissimas glo- 
bosas echinatas fovens. 
Fungus terrestris Mitremycem referens. 
185. H. insignis, n. sp. 
On the ascent to Adam's Peak, Ceylon. March, 1846. 
Stem 1-14 inch high, } thick, having a little bulbous mass 
at the base, formed by its mycelium and the surrounding 
soil, sulcate, clothed, as is the peridium, with a thick viscoso- 
cartilaginous coat, which at a later period is burst by the 
protrusion of the peridium, and forms an irregular ring upon 
the stem. 
= Peridium globoso-lentiform, smooth; orifice bluntly co- 
~ mical, deeply grooved with from eight to ten radiating furrows. 
_ . Inner peridium obsolete or altogether wanting. 
. -. Capillitium distinct, but exactly filling the cavity of the 
peridium, consisting of a mass of spores and flocci, of which 
the extreme outer stratum is barren, purplish and reticulated, 
| = some cases the meshes being partially closed by a mem- 
_ Drane, ; T ; 
© Flocci of the fructifying mass, pale, irregularly branched, — 
.  RBnastomosing, very brittle, much sinuated, often bearing 
