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appearing towards the margin ; spores broadh' elliptic-oblong, 

 obliquely apiculate, 5-6 x 4 jj.. 



On trunlvs, stumps, &c. Northern Island, New Zealand. 

 Victoria, Queensland, India, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Japan, 

 Europe, Asiatic Siberia, United States, Cuba, South America. 



Flaccid when young and growing, shrinking and curling 

 inwards when dried ; about 3-4 mm. thick. Allied to Poly- 

 stictus versicolor, from which the present differs in the dull, 

 opaque — not silkily shining — pileus, which is whitish, and not 

 variegated with zones of deep colours. 



Polystictus hirsutus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i, p. 367 ; Sacc, Syll. 



vi, no. 5760. Polyporus hirsutus, Fries, Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, 



p. 609. 



Pileus thin, both surfaces almost plane, more or less semi- 

 circular in outline, often imbricated, upper siirface generally 

 whitish, sometimes tinged yellow, coarsely hispid or strigose, 

 often concentrically zoned, 3-7 cm. across ; pores roundish, 

 small, about \ mm., greyish-buff ; spores narrowly elliptical, 

 4-5 X 2 /x. 



On stumps, dead wood, &c. Middle Island, New Zealand. 

 Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, Europe, Siberia, United 

 States. 



Differs from Polystictus versicolor and P. velutinus in the 

 coarsely strigose hymenium and the greyish pores. 



Polystictus tabacinus, Mont., Flor. Juan Fernandez, no. 15 ; 



Fl. N.Z., ii, p. 178 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 609 ; Sacc, Syll. 



vi, no. 5876 ; Cooke, Austr. Fung., p. 151. 



Pilei imbricate, entirely dark-brown, sessile, irregularly semi- 

 circular or shell-shaped, concentrically zoned, silky and shining, 

 very thin, rigid, 2-6 cm. long, 2-4 cm. broad ; tubes very short, 

 rather small, the dissepiments becoming torn or toothed. 



On dead wood. Northern Island, New Zealand. New 

 South Wales, Mam-itius, Island of Aru, Chili, Juan Fernandez. 



A very beautiful fungus ; flesh very thin, as is the whole 

 fungus ; pileus glistening with a silky sheen. Distinguished by 

 the umlDer-brown colour of every part. Much incurved and very 

 rigid when dry. 



Polystictus sector, Fries, Epicr., p. 480 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 5900. 

 Pileus 2-4 cm. across, wedge-shaped or fan-shaped, sessile, 

 imbricated, thin, coriaceous, downy, becoming glabrous, zoned, 

 striate, pale-brown ; pores shallow, small, brown, sometimes 

 with a tinge of purple, dissepiments thin. 



On branches, &c. Northern Island, New Zealand. Tas- 

 mania, Cuba, Brazil. 



