171 FUNGI COI.I.KCTFr) AT TRK CAPK OF OOOU UOl'K. 



Genus M(iras7niu<, Fr. 



8. M. usToiiUM, n.sp. 



Pik'O e convexo deplanato, Icete cervino, quandoque centro obscu- 

 riore ; stipite subccquali, dt'orsum brunneo ; lamellis crassis pallidi- 

 oribus, margine tomentosis ; interstitiis laevibus, postice etnarginatis. 



Hab. — On burnt earth (in a burnt clearing) at Groote Schuur. 

 August 28 ; Eaton. 



Pileus 1 J inch across; stem 1^ inch high, ^ inch thick; spores 

 pallid, ^ inch long. Apparently a very distinct species. 



Genus Panua, Fr. 



9. P. Wrightii, B. 



Hab. — Foot of Table Mountain, near the town ; Eaton. Royalty 

 Ids. and New Caledonia ; Mr. Erazier. 



The non-sulcate form of the Cuban species. Eaten by the Chinese. 



10. P. QUAarAVEESUS, 7i.sp. 



Pilcis congestis, reniformibus, lamellisque postice pallido-velutinis, 

 brunneis ; stipite nullo ; mycelio filamentoso. 



Hab. — Foot of Table Mountain, near Cape Town, on stumps, &c. ; 

 Eaton. Binding together vegetable fragments by the pallid, branched, 

 filamentous mycelium. 



Pilei imbricated, some with the hymenium superior, brown as well 

 as the thick, rather distant, entire gills. The mode in which the pilei 

 are opposed to cacli other is very curious. 



Genus Schizophyllum, Fr. 



11. S. commune, Fr. 



Hab. — Grounds of Government House. July 29. Common also 

 on dead trees at the foot of Table Mountain ; Eaton. 



Genus Boletus, Fr. 



12. B. 8UHFLAMMKUS, n.Sp. 



Pileo convexo, Isevi, luteo ; stipite tenui deorsum citrine ; poris 

 spudiceis, irregularibus, amplis, decurrentibus ; mycelio sulfureo. 



Hab. — Foot of Table Mountain ; Eaton. Growing amongst dead 

 leaves, to which it is attached, as well as to quartzose granules, by the 

 ample 8u]])hur-coloured mycelium. 



Pileus 2 inches across; stem scarcely 1 inch high, ^ iucli thick ; 

 spores pale, oblong, about -^^ inch long. 



Genus Pohjponifi, Fr. 



13. P. mngtimeus, Fr. 



Hab. — Foot of Lion Mountain, just below the Kloof Pu)ad, on Oak 

 stumps ; Eaton. 



14. F. versicolor, 'Et. 



Hab. — Grounds of Government House, and base of Table Moun- 

 tain. Common ; Eaton. 



15. P. hirsutus, Fr. 



Hab. — Foot of Tabic Mountain; Eaton. 



16. P. vaporan'us, Fr. 



Hab. — Foot of Table Mountain ; Eaton. 



Genus Da!dalea, P. 



17. D. Eatonx, n.gp. 



Pilco.dimidiato, imbricato, cervino, velutino, pilis postice fasciculato- 



