Rev. M. J. Berkeley on Exotic Fungi, 385 



margin jagged ; pores rather large, at length torn, cinnamon ; 

 stem cinnamon, slender, subtuberous, velvety. Pileus 4 — 8 

 lines broad, deeply umbilicate, subcyathiform, shining, some- 

 times confluent. Pores irregular, angular, torn, very shallow 

 towards the margin ; dissepiments very thin. Stem ^ — 1 inch 

 high. 



Amongst moss. North America. Dr. Richardson. Allied 

 to PoL perenniS) but very distinct. 



7. P' {Mesopus) perennis, Fr. var. canadensis^ Kl. in Hook. 

 Herb. Deeply infundibuliform, zoneless. 



8. P. {Mesopus) umbraculum^ Fr. Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. 



9. P. {Mesopus) xanthopus, Fr, Bol, Katui, Ehr. Hor. 

 Phys. Ber. t. 19. f. 12. Hook, in Kunth. Syn. vol. i. p. 9. 



East Indies, Dr. Wight. Near Acapulco, Humboldt. 



10. P. {Pleuropus) spathulatus, Hook, in Kunth. Syn. vol. i. 

 p. 9. sub Boleto ; small, tawny. Pileus convex, broadly ob- 

 ovate, coriaceous, rather hard, minutely velvety ; pores minute, 

 punctiform, subangular; dissepiments extremely thin, their 

 borders minutely downy ; stem lateral, velvety, rather stout, 

 elongated. Pileus about 3 lines broad, sometimes very obso- 

 letely zoned, in one specimen lobed from the confluence of two 

 individuals. Stem ^ — |^ of an inch high, ^ thick, clothed with 

 a dense spongy down. 



Near Loxa in Peru. Humboldt. Resembling in colour 

 and substance PoL perennis, 



11. PoL {Pleuropus) coffeatus, Berk. Caespitose. Pileus 

 hard, corky, suborbicular, oblique, even, dingy red-brown ; 

 margin paler, tawny; substance wood-coloured; pores mi- 

 nute, punctiform, dirty white ; stem elongated, nearly even, 

 dingy brown frosted with coffee-coloured bloom. Pileus |- of 

 an inch broad, not lacquered, at least in the specimens before 

 me. Stem 2^ inches high, f of an inch thick, lateral, Hy- 

 menium decurrent. 



On rotten trees, rare. St. Vincent's. Rev. L. Guilding. 

 The specimen before me consists of a group of three, of 

 which the larger pileus is unfortunately broken off. 



12. P. {Pleuropus) lucidus, Fr. Mauritius. Mr. Telfair. 

 Confluent, umbilicate, concentrically undulato-rugose, with 

 the stem central, resembling in habit Polyp, rugosus, Nees, but 



