Polyporea.', 1'oiystictus. 21* 



dio-1'usco vel castaneo ; inargiue aciito, iobato, siuuato vel subiu- 

 tegro; carne alba ; stipite subelongato, pailido, plerumque crasso, 

 ad basim disciforini ; h\-menio albido; poris rotundatis, sat minutis 

 ('/,-'/3 mm.) regnlaribns ; dissepimeratis tenuibns, acie dentatis. 



Ilab. in ligno, ^Jarauii, Makua Country, East Tropical Africa (J. 

 T. Last). — Pileus 8-8,5 cm. latus, vix 0,5 mm. crassus; stipes 

 circ. 2,5 cni. longus, 8-9 mni. cr. P. /fabellifor^m a.ffiins at hyme- 

 nio albido, poris amplioribus dentatis, colore niveo carnis distin- 

 guitur. 



38. Polystictus porphyritis lierk. Hook. Jonrn. 185t.>, p. 196, Dec. Fung. 5571 

 n. 568. — Tenuis, coriaceus; pileo flabelliformi, ochraceo-zonato, 

 purpurascente; margine tenui ; stipite brevi subconcolore; hyme- 

 nio pallido; poris minutis, subangulatis. 



Ilab. ad caudices putredine exesos, Cubae (C. Wrioht) et ad 

 trnncos cmortuos, Panure Brasiii;ie (Sproce). — Pileus nitide brun- 

 neus, 5 cm. et ultra latus, margine albidns ; hymenium album; sti- 

 pos 8-9 mm. Inngus, levis. 



■59. Polystictus Adami Berk. in Cooke Enum. Polyp. p. 137, P. di- 5572 

 lalatHS Berk. Hook. Jouru. 1846, Dec. n. 169. — Piieo laterali, 

 spalhulato, tenui, coriaceo, badio, zonato, glabrato ; stipite longo. sur- 

 sum dilatato, furfuraceo, luteo ; hymenio determinato paliido; poris 

 minutis. 



Hab. in ligno putrescente in siivis ad basini M. Adam's Peak 

 ia Ceylon et Anstralia. — Piieus 3 cm. lat., 3,.5-4 cm. long. ; sti- 

 pes 4-4,5 cm. long. Affinis P. xanthopodi et affini, sed pori majo- 

 rcs- etc. 



40. Pojystictus diiatatus Lov. Champ. exot. p. 184. — Pileo meni- ■>^'>''^ 

 liranaceo, lobato, cuneiformi, obsolete zonato, nudo, cinereo fulvo, 

 instipitem brevissimura attenuato; poris anguiatis, in?equalibus, den- 

 ticulatis; contextu pallido. 



Hab. ad truncos in insula Java. — Pileus applanatus horizon- 

 talis, 8-12 cm. lat. 



41. Polystictus mutabilis R. ct C. Cent. N. Am. Fungi n. 47 et North 5574 

 Am. Fungi n. 123. — Pileo coriaceo, rigido, flabelliformi vel spa- 

 tliuiato, zonato, luteo-albo, priraum subtiliter sericeo, striato, tomen- 

 toso, demum glabrescente, crebri-zonato, deorsura in stipitem defi- 



n ite lateralern variai lougitudinis augustato; margine tenuissimo. 

 lobato; hymenio albo; poris minimis, albidis, punctiformibus. 



Hab. in lignis Carol. inf. Amer. foeder. (Ravenel), ad truncos 

 l'ersoae pr. Gaii\esville Florid;^, ad caudices in silvis densis Cu- 



