Panus. 116 



* * Stem definitely lateral. 



[foetens, Fr. Foetid. P. spongy, spathulate, convex then depr. 

 yellowish white, rather silky, base continued into a long stem chan- 

 nelled above ; g. decur. firm, crowded, reddish-yellow. 



[cochlearis, Pers. Caespitose, tawny. P. oval, convex, spathulate, 

 hirsute, edge involute, entire ; s. lateral ; g. decur. 



Stipticus, Fr. Taste hot and pungent. P. thin, flexible, reniform, 

 cinnamon then pale, broken up into scurfy squamules ; g. determinate, 

 thin, reticulately joined, cinnamon ; s. lateral, very short, dilated into 

 the p. ; sp. 3 x 2. 



[flabellulum, A. and S. P. dimidiate, flabellate, subsquamulose, 

 produced into a short stem- like base, white then fawn; g. decur. 

 crowded ; sp. 2'5 3'5. 



[tenuis, Wetts. P. thin, reniform or suborbicular, convex then 

 exp. ochre or subfuscous, glabrous, somewhat shining ; g. numerous, 

 very thin, colour of p. ; s. lateral, oblique; sp. 2'5 x T5. 



farinaceus, Schum. P. T5 2 cm. flexuous, dusky cinnamon, 

 broken up into greyish-white scurf which falls away ; g. free, distinct, 

 pale ; s. lateral, short ; sp. - . 



var. albido-tomentosus, Cke. and Mass. P. with short, whitish 

 velvety down, semicircular ; g. honey colour ; sp. subgl. 5. 



[Schultzii, Kalchb. P. spathulato-flabelliform, rigid, coriaceous, 

 concentrically sulcate, radiately rugose, dingy brick-red ; g. crowded, 

 paler than p., edge brownish ; s. expanding into pileus, apex virgate ; 

 sp. 3x1. 



Allied to P. stypticus. 



* * * Pileus resupinate, sessile or produced to a point 

 of attachment behind. 



[violaceofulvus, Q. P. resupinate, thin, hygr. cup-shaped then 

 exp. and reflexed, pulverulent, violet-umber ; g. pale violet. 



[ringens, Fr. P. resupinate, thin, flaccid, orbicular then partly 

 closed over and gaping, reddish-brown, edge striate ; g. simple, flesh- 

 colour. 



patellaris, Fr. P. 1 2 cm. resupinate, plano-depr. orbicular, 

 pallid scurfy or downy, edge involute ; g. ochraceous ; sp. 4 x 3. ***# 



Stevensonii, B. and Br. P. spathulate, olive yellow ; s. dilated 

 above convex, golden, slightly hispid; g. narrow, entire; flesh 

 greenish-yellow. 



[pudens, Q. P. cup-shaped then pendulous, with white pubescence, 

 edge becoming rosy ; g. tinted lilac. 



[Delastri, Mont. Resupinate, coriaceous, urceolato-turbinate, 

 vertex protruding as a tomentose stem, edge incurved ; g. brownish 

 purple, edge white-pruinose. 



[lithophilus, Fr. P. resupinate, flattened, sessile, adnate, downy, 

 edge free ; g. radiating from a point, amethyst. 



82 



