107 
Polystictus mutabilis (Berk. et Curt.) Cooke in Grevillea, xiv. 
1885, p. 78. 
Itu, poe River, June, 1914, No. 45. On decaying wood in moist 
high forest. 
P. versatilis (Berk.) Fr. Nov. Symb. 
On dead wood, under savannah conditions, ce No. 43. 
P. vinosus (Berk.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. vi. p. 273. 
Gambari (Mamu) Forest Reserve, 1916, No. 78. 
P. caperatus (Berk.) Fr. Nov. Symb. p. 92. 
Gambari (Mamu) Forest Reserve, 1916, No. 
The specimens are all thin forms, semi- eas and laterally 
confluent so as to form extensive patches. Similar forms have been 
received from Uganda. 
P. tabacinus (Mont.) Fr. Nov. Symb. p. 93. 
Itu, neg River, June, 1914, No. 40. rae decaying wood in moist 
high fores 
Buiix calcea (Berk. et Br.) Cooke in Grevillea, xiv. 1886, p. 109. 
(Non P. calcea (Fr.) Bres. in Ann. Myc. vi. 1908, p. 41. 
Agege District, 1914, No. 54. Not uncommon under high forest 
conditions, where there is abundant moisture 
Trametes floccosa. Bres.in Ann. R. Ist. Bot. Eh vi. 1896, p. 179. 
Economic Gardens, Calabar, July, 1914, No. 
he pore-surface when fresh is white, but on vine it becomes 
slighty tinged with pink. 
Hexagonia hirta (Pal.) Fr. Epicr. p. 4 
Bonny, May, 1914, on dead wood near aly sea, No. 38. 
H. Miquelii (Mont.) Sacc. Syll. vi 
On dead mango branches, Economic haha Calabar, July, 1914, 
fe) vam 
specimens are very pale, both pileus and pores being more or 
less Bidbscctue instead of reddish. Like typically coloured specimens 
received from Uganda, they are perfectly smooth. Patouillard (Bull. 
Soc. Myce. Fr. xxx. p. 339) would refer all such forms to H. bipindiensis, 
but it is difficult to understand in what way they are distinct from 
H. Miquelii. 
Merulius basigais, Wakef. sp. nov. 
ongi; port co 
minuti, marginem versus deficientes. Mar rgo sterilis lotbide relida, 
sin albidum, tenue, molle. Sporae ellipticae, laete rubiginosae, 4-6 x 
4 
NIGERIA. ania (Mamu) Forest Reserve; on wood, C. 0. 
Fi sure 191 4 
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