SECTION MELANOPUS. 



MELANOPUS (bis) (Fig-. 490). Pileus reniform, smooth. 

 Pores medium favoloid. Stipe lateral, smooth, black. Known from 

 two little specimens in Montagne's herbarium from South America. 

 Classed by Montague in Favolus but its relations are entirely with 

 this section. 



54. (PETALOIDES) STIPE LATERAL. PILEUS SPATHU- 

 LATE, TAPERING TO THE STIPE. 



These plants could be put in a section Melanopus of Section Feticides with equal propriety. 



GUILFOYLEI (Fig. 491). Pileus thick, rigid, smooth, pale or 

 yellowish. Pores very minute. Pileus tapering to a short, black stipe. 

 Originally from Australia. Specimens at Kew from Australia, Samoa, 

 Philippines, Malay, and Mexico. 



Fig 491 



Melanopus Guilfoylei. 



Fig. 492 



Melanopus Warburgianus. 



WARBURGIANUS (Fig. 492). Pileus thick, rigid, smooth, 

 dark. Pores minute, dark. Stipe short, black but there is no distinct 

 ring at the base as shown in Hennings' figure. Known from a single 

 specimen at Berlin from the Celebes. Classed by Hennings and found 

 in Saccardo as Fomes (sic). Murrill's Philippine references are all 

 wrong. 



XEROPHYLLUS (Fig. 493). Pileus subreniform, but tapering 

 to the short, black stipe. Surface strongly raised, striate. Pores 

 minute. Known from a single specimen at Kew from New Zealand. 



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