378 Rev. M. J. Berkeley on Exotic Fungi. 



On trunks of trees. Brazil. Hook. Herb. 



4. A. {Pleur. Conch.) pyenoticus, Kl. 1. c. p. 479. A, pyc- 

 nosuSy Kl. in Hook. Herb. Cacspitose. Pilcus entire, pulvi- 

 nate, subinfundibuliform, excentric, reddish in consequence of 

 being frosted with a grey-lilac bloom. Gills broad, dirty white, 

 decurrent. Stem smooth. 



Substance extremely tough. Stem dirty white. Pil. 1 — 2 

 inches broad, smooth. Gills entire. 



On trunks of trees. Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. One speci- 

 men in the herbarium exceeds the above dimensions, the 

 pileus when expanded being more than three inches across. 

 The stem in this is scarcely half an inch thick, and indeed in 

 any case can scarcely be called thick in proportion to the pi- 

 leus. The colours in the specific character are to be under- 

 stood of the dry plant. The grey-lilac bloom is very remark- 

 able. 



Lentinus. 



1. L. (Mesop.) nigripes, Fr. inLitt. Kl.l. c. p. 479. L.Ber- 

 tierij Kl. in Hook. Herb. L. villosus, Kl. in Hook. Herb. Cer- 

 vino-ferruginous ; pileus coriaceous, infundibuliform, clothed 

 with curled hairs ; gills denticulate, terminating together ; 

 stem firm, solid, tomentose, blackish at the base. Solitary ; 

 stem almost 2 inches high, 2 lines thick, dilated above. Gills 

 crowded, narrow, denticulate. Pileus 2 inches broad, deeply 

 umbilicate ; margin involute. 



On trunks of trees. Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. Brazil, Gui- 

 ana. 



2. L. {Mesop.) villosus, Kl. 1. c. Brown ; pileus coriaceous, 

 infundibuliform, clothed with very dense straight hairs ; gills 

 narrow, entire, very distant, decurrent, all ending together 

 abruptly ; stem firm, villous, dilated at the apex. Stem hir- 

 sute, 2 inches high, 3 — 4 lines thick. Pileus 2 inches broad 

 with the margin involute, clothed with straight, not squarrose, 

 nor curled hairs. 



On trunks of trees. Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. 



3. L. {Mesop.) stupeus, Kl. I.e. p. 480. Bay; pileus deeply 

 umbilicate, clothed with very crowded squarrose hairs ; margin 

 involute ; gills crowded, denticulate^ decurrent, all interrupted 



