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woven threads, which make the base of the aculei tomentose, 

 tips penicillate." 



The above is the account of the species as given by Berkeley, 

 and as there is no specimen in Berkeley's herbarium I am unable 

 to add to the description. The species is placed in the resiipinate 

 section. 



46. Irpex, Fries. 

 Pileiis dimidiate or resupinate ; teeth springing from irregularly 



arranged ridges or folds. 



Irpex, Fries, Elench., p. 142. 



The teeth are somewhat irregular in form, and not so uni- 

 formly spine-like and pointed as in Hydnum. 



Irpex brevis, Berk., Fl. N.Z., ii, p. 181 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, 



p. 611 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 6887. 



Sessile, more or less fan-shaped or sometimes attached by a 

 broad base, dimidiate, horizontal or slightly pendulous, about 

 1cm. long by 1 •5-2-5 cm. broad, very thin; pileus at first 

 whitish, then brownish, more or less zoned and fibrillose ; teeth 

 flattened, often irregularly divided, 2-3 mm. long, pale. 



On dead bark, often growing among moss. New Zealand. 



Apparently not imcommon, having been sent to Kew by 

 Colenso on several occasions. An endemic species. Very vari- 

 able in mode of growth. Sometimes several more or less fan- 

 shaped pilei are crowded in an imbricate manner, at others 

 they extend for a distance of several centimetres, attached by 

 a broad base, the free portion overhanging and slightly droop- 

 ing. The teeth are often decurrent for some distance below 

 the free portion of the pileus. Finally the fimgus is sometimes 

 entirely resupinate, mthout a trace of free margin anywhere, 

 the central portion being furnished with irregular plates or 

 pores, almost resembling a Porta . 



47. Phlebia, Fries. 



Resxipinate ; hymenium covering the entire free surface, some- 

 what gelatinous, everywhere covered with fine radiating 

 wrinkles or folds. 



Phlebia, Fries, Syst. Myc, i, p. 426. 

 Distinguished by the closely crowded series of corrugations 



or ridges radiating irregularly from centre to margin of the 



hymenium. 



Phlebia reflexa, Berk., in Hook. Journ. Bot., iii, p. 168 (1851) ; 

 Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 6964 ; Cooke, Austr. Fung., p. 176. 



Densely imbricated or superimposed, refiexed, thin, free 

 portion 2-4 cm. broad, flaccid and tough when moist, rigid 



