Massee. — The Fungus Flora of Neiv Zealand. 17 



■distinctly zoned, roughened, 4-12 cm. across ; flesh pale-wood 

 oolour. cork}% 1-2 cm. thick at the base, becoming thinner 

 towards the margin ; tubes elongated ; pores rounded or more 

 frequently elongated and sinuous, grey, then browTiish ; dissepi- 

 ments thick, flexible. 



On dead wood, more especially Salix. Bay of Islands, Northern 

 Island, New Zealand. Europe, United States. 



Variable in size ; the pileus is sometimes rough with large 

 irregular elevations, at others only scabrid. 



42. Favolus, Fries. 



Pileus thin, tough, dimidiate or substipitate ; pores large, 



elongated, extending radially from the point of attachment 



of the pileus. 



Favohis, Fries, Elench., p. 44. 



The pores appear to be formed from radially arranged 

 lamellse or gills which anastomose and are connected by numerous 

 lateral ridges. Perhaps most closely allied to Cantharellus, but 

 more woody in texture. 



Favolus intestinalis. Berk., in Hook. Journ. Bot., iii, p. 167 

 (1851) ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 610 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 6471. 



Pileus thin, soft, irregularly reniform, margin variously 

 undulate or lobed, attached by a very short lateral stem, which 

 is sometimes almost obsolete, extending horizontally, 4-7 cm. 

 long, upper surface very delicately pubescent when fresh ; pores 

 inferior, large, shallow, polygonal, up to 0'5 cm. across ; spores 

 broadly elliptical, hyaline. 



On dead wood, among moss, &c. Northern Island, New 

 Zealand. India. 



Entirely white when fresh, becoming very thin, translucent, 

 and dingy- ochraceous when dry. Berkeley writes as follows of 

 this species, which was described from Indian specimens : "A 

 very singular esculent species, looking like a piece of tripe. The 

 substance dries up so completely that the pores are visible from 

 the upper side, as in some other species." 



43. Laschia, Fries. 



rSubgelatinous and tremelloid, thin, rigid when dry ; under 

 surface irregularly honeycomb-like in structure. 



Laschia, Fries, Linnea, v, p. 533. 



Distinguished by the flaccid subgelatinous texture, and the 

 irregularly hexagonal indentations on the under fertile surface ; 

 there are frequently protuberances on the upper surface of the 

 pileus corresponding to the indentations on the lower surface. 



