Polyporese, Polystictits. 23l 



tenuissiinis atque delicatis, mox seoedentibus atque deutatis, hinc 

 hydnoideis. 



Hab. ad truncos ia Carol. inf. Amer. bor. (Curtis) et Xalapa. 



106. Polystictus laceratus T.eik. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1839, p. 392. — ogw 

 Effuso-retiexus, teauis; pileo zonato, glabro, rugoso, striato, ligni- 

 colori; poris niajusculis, angulatis, mox laceratis, fuscescentibus ; 

 dissepimeutis tenuibus dentatis. 



Hab. ad ramulos radicesque Cuba et Amer. fosd. — Pileus 5 

 cm. Jougus, IS mm. latus; hjTueninm fuscescens. 



107. Polystictus elongatus Berk. Hook. Load. Journ. 1842, p. 149, 5040 

 Dec. n. 16. — Pileo cuueiformi, antice rotundato lobatoque, po- 

 stice vaide attenuato, teuui, coriaceo, tomeutoso-glabresceate, pal- 

 lide ochraceo, zouis obscurioribus, iineato-striato ; hymenio coa- 

 cavo subrufescente; poris minutis; dissepimencis tenuibus laceratis; 

 sporis albis. 



Ilab. ad ligna emortua in India, C.eylon ad 900-1200 m. alt. 

 (Thwaites, Gardner), ia Java, in ins. Philippinis (Cunning) ad trun- 

 cos Castanese in Pensilvania Amer. foeder. (Michener), ad radi- 

 ces caudicum iii campis, Cubas Amer. centr. (C. VVright), Japoaia 

 et JMesico. — Pileus 5-6 cm. iong.; pori minuti sed ocuio iiiermi 

 conspicui. Poli/st. versicolori et seclo>-i atfinis. — *Pol. Hodgkin- 

 soniae I\alcli. Grevillea t. 145, f. 24: pileo tenui, membranaceo- 

 coriaceo, rigido, plano-convexo, spathulato, striis elevatis radian- 

 tibus dense lineato, priinum subsericeo demum verucelloso; mar- 

 gine acuto, subtus steriii sublobato, albido; stipite curto, cyliudri- 

 co, basi disciformi, linea recta in pileuin trauseunte; poris miiuitis, 

 brevissimis, aagulatis demumve dentato-laceris, ex albo flaventi- 

 bus. Ad truncos N. S. Waies, Richmond River (Maria Hodgkinson). 

 A simili P. elongaio B. pileo teneriore, eximie lineato differt. 



108. PolysHctus nilgheriensis Mont. Nilgh., u. 146, et Cent. HI, post wu 

 n. 42. — Pileo conclufonni, suberoso-coriaceo, tenui, e triquetro sub- 

 reniformi convexo, zonis coucentricis velutinis angustis uotato, spa- 

 diceo-nigricante opaco, antice prole nova subimbricato; inargine de- 

 misso subtus sterili obtusiusculo; coatextu porisque noa stratosis 

 ininutissimis, ore acutis, intus nudis tabacinis. 



Hab. in truncis vetustis montium nilgheriensium Indiae (Perrot- 

 tet), in Carol. super. Amer. foeder. et in Amer. bor. Britaaaica 

 ad 51 lat. N. et iu ligao emortuo, Cubje Amer. centr. (C. Wright). 



109. Polystictus Ornithorhynchi Kalch. Grev p. 96. t. 145, f. 23. — Pi- .^^642 

 leis subc3?spitosis, tenuibus, coriaceis, obovalo-cunoatis, a/.onis, vil- 



