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XXVIII.-FUNGI EXOTICI: VIII. 



G. Massee. 



Of the twelve new fungi here described from material in the 

 Herbarium at Kew, nine have been sent from various tropical 

 colonies, two are from Cape Colony and one from N. W. India. 



Agaricaceae. 

 Volvaria esculenta, Massee. 



Pileus carnosulus, campanulatus margine striatulo, siccus, levis, 

 griseo-liyidus disco obscuriore, glaber, 6 cm. latus. Lamellae 

 postice liberae, ventricosae, confertae, albido-carneae, acie albo- 

 fimbriata. Sporae ellipsoideae, glabrae, carrieae, 6-7 x 4 — 5/*. 

 Stipes centralis, subcavus, aequalis, glaber, 5-6 cm. longus, 5 mm. 

 crassus, albidus ; vol va libera, ampla limbo lobato, pileo concolor. 



Tropical Africa. Old Calabar; growing on coffee pulp, 



Holland, 24. 



Grows abundantly on heaps of coffee pulp, and is eaten by both 



natives and Europeans. Allied to Volvaria volvacea, Bull., which 



differs in having adpressed blackish fibrils on the pileus and a 

 solid stem. 



Polyporaceae. 

 Boletus curtipes, Massee. 



Pileus pulvinato-expansus, sordide brunneus, tomentosus, in 

 aetate profunde retic " 



loso, 8-10 cm. diam. 



pr i mum 



stipitem 



pons polygonis amplis griseo-luteis. Stipes crassus, brevis 

 deorsum incrassatus pileo concolor, sursum subtiliter reticulatus, 

 exannulatus. Sporae f usoideae, olivaceo-tinctae, 13-14 x 3*5-4'5 ft. 



South Africa. 



W, 



Obviously allied to Boletus pacliypus, Fr„ and B. edulis, Fr., 

 and will probably prove to be edible. The first record of the 

 occurrence of the genus Boletus in Africa, since Boletus concretus, 

 imr et Lev., previously recorded from Algeria, proves to belong 



to the xrpnnft Pr»7i/i^*vw rt ° ' r 



to the genus Polyporus. 



Massee 



^IS^SSS^r^.l^^F^ expansus, saepe lobatus 



margine 



crassus. 



--„ — „, — ™> *uiaui.i»cuB. Alveoli brevissimi, 0*5 mm. proi., 

 dlLST \ °'°. u mm - diam., penta-hexagono, sat regular!, 



C5? te T b , us acie acutiuscula, sub lente fimbriatis. 

 bporae elhpticae, hyalinae, 5 x 3 p. 



BotoJ^rLS? ^iVr S eor g etow n ! on dead, fallen branches, 

 Botanic Garden, A. W. Bartlett, 8701. 



hv S *tel£?XT emX) ^ a 8 P ecie8 of p oria y but distinguished 



quite ^insemr a btT nal '*? all0W P° re8 of the hymenium. 8 Thin, 

 quite inseparable from the matrix, often extending for several 



