HYMENOMTCETES. 



170 P. ixcoNSTAxs. Fries S.M. i. 4. a. 



Pileus thill, slightly lohed, infundibuliform, excentric, fawn- 

 colour, shining, wi-inkled and hard when dry ; gills close, 

 anastomosing and forming lozenge-shaped reticulations at the 

 base. I am doubtful as to the position of this species, not 

 being able to find it in the Epicrisis. Hangsdale's Wood. 

 September, 1857. - 



Genm XIV. SCHYZOPHYLLUM. 



171 S. coMiirNE. Fries. 



Pileus 1 — \\ broad, 1 — \\ from the base to the margin, thickly 

 tomentose, thin, dry, verj' tough, densely imbricated ; margin 

 involute, even, lobed or digitate, white or grey ; gills reddish 

 gre}- ; stem short or none. This most beautiful fungus is said 

 to be a native of almost every part of the world. It is found 

 in great profusion in the timber-yard, Halsnead, almost covering 

 the trunks of beech trees, and growing also, but more sparingly, 

 on oak and ash. 



Genus XV. LENZITES. 



172 L. BETULixA. L. 2 — 4 broad. Daedalia betiilina. E.F. 



Solitary or imbricated, sometimes confluent, and extending a 

 foot or more in breadth. Pileus dimidiate with raised zones, 

 velvety, ash3f-grey ; gills radiating, with shorter ones inter- 

 spersed towards the margin, hard, tough, often cracked, paler 

 than the jiileus. I have not been able to detect the spores of 

 this very handsome species, nor do I find them described. On 

 birch, Knowsley. On barked oak, near St. Helens. 



Fam. II. polyp OREL 



Genus XVL BOLETUS. L. 



Sub-genus OCHROSPORUS. 



1. B. LUTEUS. L. 8—4. 3 — 4. i— f. 



Pileus convex, dingy yellow, covered with brown slime or 

 merely viscid ; tubes adnate yellow ; flesh white, not changing 

 colour ; stem finn, sordid yellow, whitish and punctato- 

 scabrous above the ring. Not uncommon in woods. 



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