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2. D. [Apus) beiulina, var. velutina, Berk. Pileus hard, 

 sessile^ dimidiate, lobed, deeply zoned, tawny, velvety. Gills 

 rather thick. 



New Orleans and other parts of North America, Hook. 

 Herb. The pileus is by no means tomentose, but clothed 

 with short close velvety pubescence. Vertex sometimes 

 lengthened out into a sort of stem. Thelephora lobata varies 

 in the same way. 



3. D. [Apus) aspera, Kl. in Linn. vol. viii. p. 480. Pileus 

 sessile, dimidiate, coriaceous, zoned, rough, pale ; gills very 

 broad, white, straight, with shorter ones intermixed. Pileus 

 horizontal or somewhat pulvinate, obsoletely downy, 3 inches 

 broad, 2i inches long. Gills coriaceous, thin, distant, 1 inch 

 broad towards the base, narrower in front, rarely anastomosing. 



On trunks of trees. Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. 

 y8. alutacea, Kl. in Hook. Herb. Darker ; gills thick, fre- 

 quently anastomosing. 

 Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. 



4. D. {Apus) applanata, Kl. 1. c. p. 481. Stem central, la- 

 teral, or altogether wanting; pileus rather thin, reniform, 

 smooth, dirty white, sometimes papillate ; margin somewhat 

 zoned ; gills dirty white, very narrow, close, repeatedly dicho- 

 tomous, anastomosing towards the base. 



D. applanata, Fr. in Hb. Willd. an Z). polita, Fr. in Linn, 

 vol. V. p. 514? D, candidtty Kl. MSS. in Hook. Herb. Size 

 very variable. Pileus thin, 16 inches broad, generally plane, 

 rarely imbricated. Margin thin, straight, substance coriaceo- 

 suberose. 



On trunks of trees. Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. Brazil. This 

 species has very much the habit of Dadalea gibbosa, Fr. 



5. D. (Apus) sanguinea, Kl. 1. c. Pileus thin, slightly 

 wrinkled, smooth, zoned, blood-coloured ; margin obtuse, pale, 

 minutely velvety ; hymenium dull wood-coloured ; sinuli mi- 

 nute, labyrinthiform, mixed with elongated pores. Substance 

 coriaceous. Pileus subreniform, sometimes spotted and losing 

 its colour, 3 inches broad, 2 inches long. Sinuli towards the 

 margin poriform. 



East Indies. Dr. Wight. 



Klotzsch does not seem to have noticed the extremely strong 



