SECTION MELANOirs. 



53. STZPE LATERAL,^ FILERS NOT SPATHU- 



Rawak now preserved in good condition at Paris. Referred In 'Fries 

 who never saw it, to Polyporus affinis, to winch it has no affinity and 

 compiled in error m Saccardo as a synonym. In my opinfon it is a 

 lateral stemmed form of elegans of Europe. 



Fig. 489 

 Melanopus nephridius. 



Fig. 490 



Folyporus melan 

 opus (bis). 



NEPHRIDIUS (Fig. 489). Pilens bay brown, with a slightly 

 scabrous surface. Stipe lateral, short, black. Pores white, minute. 

 Known from a few collections from South America. It is a plant 

 intermediate between this section and the section Microporus. but is 

 closer to this. 



GAYANUS. Pileus rigid, firm, smooth. Context pale. Stipe 

 black, lateral, rudimentary. Known from one collection made in Chile 

 by Gay, which has another name, cycliscus. 



(Dictyopus and hemicapoodcs in the preceding sections sometimes have lateral stipes.) 



53. STIPE LATERAL BUT PILEUS NOT SPATHULATE. 

 PORES MEDIUM OR LARGE. 



PUSILLUS (bis or tris). A minute, little plant, known from 

 one single specimen, less than i cm. in diameter, at I'psala. collected 

 in Brazil, eighty years ago. Stipe lateral, short, round, black. IWc- 

 favoloid. Referred by Fries to his then new genus. Fnvolns, hut i- 

 quite distinct from the type of plants that have since become known 

 under that name. 



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