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Hymenomyoetes Fr. 



Pleurotus applicatus Batsch. Yeria, Ruwenzori, 8-9000 ft., 

 May, June, Klliot, 250. — Wide distribution. 



ScHizopHYLLUM COMMUNE Fr. Sliire, K. C. Cameron. Buddu, 

 on palm-stems in marshes, Elliot, 102 ; on ground, Elliot, 107. 

 Masai, 6000 ft., on old wood, Elliot, 62. Cliilomo, Lower Sliire, 

 Zambesi, Elliot. Gopo lal Mari, 9th June, Gregory. — Wide distri- 

 bution. 



Crepidotus mollis Scbaeff. Shire Highlands. — S. America, 

 Borneo, and Australia. 



PoLYPORus brumalis Fr. Kiarutanga, on palm-stems, Elliot, 

 105. — Europe, America, Cape of Good Hope. 



P. sulphureus Fr. Near Kiduni, Uganda, on old logs in dense 

 forest, Elliot, 98.— Europe, Asia, America. 



P. oiLvus Schwein. Ruwenzori, 6-7000 ft., on dead logs, 

 Elliot, 87. — Europe and S. America. 



P. scRUPOsus Fr. Ruwenzori, 8000 ft., on trees, Elliot, 271. — 

 Asia, S. America, Australia. 



FoMES LuciDus Fr. Rabat Hills, Mombasa, Feb., Rev. W. E. 

 Taylor. N.E. of Giri Mangea, sandy steppes, Aug., Gregory. 

 Woods, Ngatana, Jan., Gregory. Ruwenzori, 8000 ft., on pine 

 trees, Elliot, 259. — Distribution universal. 



F. iGNiARius Fr. Ruwenzori, 8000 ft., on trees, Elliot, 272. — 

 Distribution wide. 



F. FULvus Fr. Romai River, 7000 ft., on old trees, Elliot, 75. 

 — Europe, Asia, America, Australia. 



Polystictus Gregorii, n. sp. Pileo coriaceo-papyraceo, iii- 

 fundibuliformi, rotvmdato, subobliquo, radiatim rugoso, 2-8 cm. 

 diam. ; superne velutino, zonato, albido-griseo ; zoms nunc griseis, 

 nunc atris, plerumque sinuatis, margine tenui, atro, crispato- 

 revoluto; hymenio griseo, poris minutis, rotundis vix decurrentibus ; 

 stipite brevi, atro-fusco, velutino, ad 1*5 cm. longo. Ad corticem, 

 Mangea, Africa orientalis, Gregory. 



P. SANGUINEUS Mey. Sabakhi Valley, E. of Makangeni, Aug., 

 Gregory. Man Forest, 8000 ft., Elliot, 76. — Asia, S. America, 

 West Indies, Pacific Islands, New Zealand, &c. 



P. PERGAMENus Fr. RuwcHzori, 8000 ft., forest, May, Elliot, 

 126. — N. and S. America. 



P. cHRYsiTEs B. Guan Narok, June, Gregory. — Cuba, Brazil. 



P. VERsATiLis B. S.E. of Mangea, woods, sandy soil, Gregory. 

 — N. and S. America, Cuba, Philippine Islands, Borneo. 



P. VERSICOLOR Fr. S. of south spui' of Yatta, Gregory. — Distri- 

 bution universal. 



P. vELUTiNus Fr. Ngomeni, Gregory. — Wide distribution. 



P. mRSUTUs Fr. Nandi, 6000 ft., on logs, Elliot, 86. Wimi, 

 Ruwenzori, 8000 ft., Elliot, 277. Athi Plains, 5-6000 ft., on dead 

 logs, Elliot, 34 & 36. — Distribution universal. 



P. oociDENTALis Klotzsch. Chilome, Lower Shire, Zambesi, 

 Dec, old logs, Elliot. 



P. ELONGATUS B. Kibwezi, Gregory. — Distribution wide. 



P. HoLSTii P. Henn. Rabai Hills, Mombasa, Rev. W, E, Taylor, 



