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Arr. XL.—Descriptions of new species of Fungi collected by the 
U.S. Exploring Expedition under C. Wilkes, U. 8. N., Com- 
mander ; by Rev. M. J. Berxeney and Rev. M. A. Curtis. 
Aearicus (Pleuropus) nacorts, Berk. and Curt. ;—pileo sessili 
elongato-conchiformi, antice latiori; strato superiore gelatinoso 
setoso-velutino; lamellis subconfertis.—Ad lignum. Oahu, Sand- 
wich Islands. 
Cap 14 in. long, sessile, narrowed behind, broad in front, the 
upper surface clothed with dense short soft bristles, at length na- 
ked in front. Gills moderately close, tawny when dry, edge en- 
tire. Spores white, round-oval. 
Allied to A. atropurpureus , but differing in the coarse velvety 
coat which resembles that of Hridia hispidula, Berk. It also 
4 bears a strong resemblance to Lentinus pelliculosus, but the hairs 
; ; are not fasciculate as in that species, nor are the gills toothed, not 
. to mention the generic difference. 
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ae stem 7 lines long, 4 thick, paler that the pileus, furfuraceo-tomen- 
tose ; gills broad, strongly emarginate or sinuate behind, scarcely 
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mis spiculiferis—Ad lignum. Feejee Islands. 
Abo in. broad, white, finely streaked, margin slightly in- 
_ curved; stem 1 in. long, scarce | line thick, black below, pale 
, pallide brunneolo zonis obscurioribus; stipite brevissimo 
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2 is but a single specimen of this in the collection, which 
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