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Gen. YH. SCHIZOPHYLLTJM, Fries. 



Aridus, excarnis. Lamella coriacese, ramoso-nabelliformes, acie longitudinaliter flssas ; laniellulis dis- 

 cretis, extrorsum revolutis. 



Fungi of a very distinct habit, known at once from the gills splitting along the trama, and the divided portions 

 become revolute. They abound in warm countries, but are comparatively scarce in temperate climates. In England 

 they rarely if ever occur, except on imported timber. (Name from ctx<,£<d, to split, and cj>v\\ov, a leaf.) 



1. Schizophyllum commune, Pr. Fp. p. 403. 



Hab. On dead trees, extremely common, Colenso, Lyall, Sinclair, Hooker, Bidwitt. 



Gen. VIII. LENZITES, Fries. 



Snberosus coriaceusve. Lamella coriaceae, firmta, nunc simplices insequares, nunc ramosse posticeque 

 poroso-anastomosantes ; trama pileo similari, floccosa ; acie acuta. 



This genus differs from other Agaricini in its hard coriaceous substance, which resembles that of Dadalea. 

 The hymenium, however, presents the type of an Agaric, rather than of a Polyporus, as is very clear in well-developed 

 specimens, dgaricus ostreatus does not cease to be an Agaric, because of its gills running into pores behind. 

 (Named in honour of Dr. H. 0. Lenz, the author of a useful work on esculent and poisonous Fungi.) 



1. Lenzites repanda, Pr. Fp. p. 404. 



Hab. On dead wood, Bay of Islands, J. F. H. 



A triquetrous form, with a very Dcedaloid appearance, but evidently somewhat modified by having accidentally 

 been reversed during the process of growth, a circumstance which greatly affects many exotic Fungi. 



Gen. IX. POLYPOETJS, Fries. 



Hymenophormn inter poros in tramam descendens, sed cum eisdem in stratum proprium seu discolor 

 mutatum. Fori cum pilei substantia contigui, a se invicem baud separabiles, primitus obsoleti 1. minu- 

 tissimi, dein rotundi, angulati 1. laceratione varii. 



An enormous genus, of which a greater number of new species is daily turning up. Some are perfect cosmopo- 

 lites, others very widely distributed, but many extremely local. Eries, in his c Symbolse,' lately published, divides the 

 genus into two subgenera, Fupolyporus and Fomes, the first of which contains the annual species, the second the 

 perennial. Many of the fleshy species are esculent, and some of the coriaceous forms when properly prepared yield 

 the substance called Amadou. (Name from ttoXvs, many, and iropo% a pore.) 



The genus Boletus has at least one representative in New Zealand, but the specimens received are in so bad a 

 condition that I cannot determine the species. 



1. Polyporus arcnlarius, Pr. Fp. p. 430. 



Hab. On dead wood, as at Wairehama, Sinclair, Colenso. 



2,. Polyporus ohlectans, Berk., in Rook. Fond. Journ. v. 4<.p. 51. 



Hab. On the ground, Colenso. 



3. Polyporus (Pleuropus) plilebophoms, Berk.; parvus, Candidas, pileo flabelliformi vertice in stipi- 

 tem brevem porrecto glaberrimo venoso-undulato, cuticula e gelatinosa cartilaginea, poris minimis subirregu- 

 laribus, dissepimentis tenuibus dentatis. (Tab. CV. Pig. 3.) 



Hab. On a decaying log in a forest near Tebawera, Colenso. 



About one inch broad and long, of a beautiful white. Pilens flabelliform, attached by the vertex, which is 



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