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Hydnaceab. 



Hydnum lateritium, Massee. 



Pileus carnosus, e late umbilieato infundibuliformis, subirregu- 

 laris, margine saepe sinuato, squamuloso diffractus, lateritius, 

 marginibus rufeseentibus, 2-4 cm. latus. Aculei decurrentes, 

 acuti, pallide rosei. Sporae hyalinae, subglobosae, verruculosae, 

 5-6 /x diam. Stipes solidus, subaequalis, fibrillosus, pallide roseus, 

 2-4 cm. longus. 



Gold Coast. Aburi ; growing in humus, Johnson. 



A very distinct and beautiful fungus, growing singly or in small 

 clusters when the pilei sometimes become concrescent. Some- 

 what resembling certain forms of Hydnum ferrugineum, Fr., in 

 colour and habit, but distinguished by the deeply funnel-shaped 

 pileus, thin flesh and pale-pink or rose-coloured stem. 



POLYPORACEAE. 



Daedalea papyracea, Massee. 



Pileus orbicularis, tenuissimus, lentus, margine acuto interdum 

 lobato, in prima evolutione fusco-aeruginosus, dein pallescens, 

 tomentosus, concentrice zonatus, 16-18 cm. diam. Port flexuosi, 

 in sinulos subcontortos seu lamellosos, labyrinthiformes abeuntes, 

 acie acuta. Stipes excentricus, brevissiinus, pallid us. Sporae 

 hyalinae, subglobosae, 6-7 /x diam. 



Malaya. Christmas Island, liidley. 



Although a typical Daedalea in the tough consistency of the 

 whole plant, and the very sinuous pores, the present species 

 departs from all described forms in the very thin substance of the 

 pileus. Seen from above the plant bears a very close 

 to Siereum lobatum, Fries. 



esemblance 



SPHAERIACEAE. 



Massee 



Ascomata sessilia, erumpentia, dense gregaria, convexa, glabra, 



rCft nstinlnm rl anraaon rwcf;^l^ im.1. ._ : x« .• A.P^ mm 



circa 

 lata. 



ostiolum depressa, ostiolo subprominente, nigra, 0*5 mm. 



Asci cylindracei, basi sensim attenuati, apice obtusa iodo 

 hand tincti, 100 x 20-22 /x, tetraspori. Sporae f usoideae, 1-sep- 

 tatae, brunneae, 32-35 x 8-10 p. Paraphyses filif ormes, ascis 

 longiores, aequales. 



Malaya. Sarawak, Borneo ; on dead twigs, Ridley. 



The ascophores vary in form from circular to broadly elliptical, 

 and are slightly depressed round the short ostiolum, readily dis- 

 tinguished by the tetrasporous asci, and the large brown fusiform 

 spores. In LHdy mosphaeria m inula, Neissl., the asci sometimes 



Z 7 T^ n ? m n Ur S ? ores ; the s P ores > however, are elliptic-oblong, 

 and much smaller than in the present species. 



