10 Transactions. 



Fomeslhauslerianus, P. Henn., Hedw., 1896, p. 305. 



Pileus rigid, somewhat woody, reniform or flabellate, radi- 

 ately venosely rugulose, zoneless, at first covered with olive 

 mealy down, then naked and blackish, 2-5-3 cm. long ; margin 

 thin, rigid, waved, crenate ; stem short, lateral, olive-primrose ; 

 flesh pallid with a yellow tinge ; hymeninm greyish ; tubes 

 short ; pores punctiform, minute ; spores subglobose 



On trunks. New Zealand ; Auckland, Ohaupo. 



38. Polysticus, Fries. 



Pileus thin, coriaceus, cuticle fibrous, silky or hirsute, often with 

 coloured zones ; tubes short. Annual. 



Polystictus, Fries, Nov. Symb., p. 54. Polyponis of old 

 authors. 



Often imbricated or growing in superposed tiers. 



I. Pileus stipitaie, stein central. 

 Polystictus oblectans, Berk., Hook. Journ., 1845, p. 51 ; Fl. N.Z., 



ii, p. 177 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 607 ; Austr. Fung., p. 138 ; 



Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 5545. 



Entirely bright cinnamon-brown, stem usually darkest ; 

 pileus 2-5 cm. across, thin, coriaceous, depressed, margin often 

 torn and wavy, zoned, strigosely silky, shining ; pores very 

 short, minute, dissepiments torn ; stem central, 2-3 cm. long, 

 2-4 mm. thick, velvety. 



On the ground. Northern Island, New Zealand. Victoria, 

 Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, Ceylon, India, Brazil. 



Polystictus cinnamomeus, Jacq., is closely allied to the present 

 species, differing chiefly in the larger angular pores. 



II. Pileus sessile, attached laterally. 

 Polystictus sanguineus, Fries, Epicr., p. 444 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, 

 p. 609 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 5631 ; Austr. Fung., p. 141. 



Pileus reniform or somewhat fan-shaped, sessile, or narrowed 

 behind into a very short stem-like base, attached by an expanded 

 disc, 3-10 cm. broad, glabrous and polished, sometimes con- 

 centrically zoned, vermilion, bleaching almost white when old ; 

 flesh thin, compact, 0-5 cm. or less thick, margin thinnest, 

 frequently lobed or wavy ; tubes very short ; pores minute, 

 rounded, 3 in space of 1 mm., deep and persistent vermilion. 



On trunks, stumps, &c. New Zealand. Australia, Tas- 

 mania, Lord Howe Island, India, Java, Borneo, Philippines, 

 Malacca, Sumatra, Friendly and Society Islands, South America, 

 Central America, Cuba, United States 



