Hymenomyrptae, Polyporacete, Polyslictus. 256 



tihsimis brevibiis, regularibus, obtusis; sporis ellipticis, levibus, al- 

 bidis. 



Hah. in caudieibus putridis silvarum in insuJis Fiji (Or. WAjr 

 tkhV — Poli/sf/cfo a/fint proximus, differt pileo nigro, nou nitido, * 

 immo juventut^ puberulo 



2. Pelystictus obliquus Massee, Kew Bull. 1898, pag. 122. — Pileo bio 

 tenui, coriaceo, applanato, late obovato, velutino, dein glabresoen- 



te, conoentric5e sulcato, pallido, nitente, dein fulvescente, azono, 1 

 cm lato; stipite laterali, concolore, interdum basi fusceec^ente, 4-B 

 mm. longo et crasso; poris minutissimis, rotundatjs ; sporis sub- 

 gjobosie, flavidis, 5 f/. diam. 



Hab. ad lignum cariosum, British Nova Guinea. — P. spathu- 

 lato Berk. affinis, sed ptleo sericeo v. tomentoso distinctus. 



3. Polystictus hamatus Romell, Hymen. austro-amer. I, p. 26, t. I, 5il 

 fig. IB (PeUoporm) (Sv. Vet.-Akad. 1901). — Mesopus, subcoria- 

 ceus, infundibuliformis, extus intusque castaneus; pileo fibrillis ad- 

 pressis .serioeo, zonis typhaceis seu atro-castaneis, parum distinctis, 



3 cm. lato, margine in statu sicco incurvo, iuterdum rum vicinis 

 concrescente ; stipite tomentoso, solido, 3-6 cm. longo, 2-4 mm. 

 crasso, subaequali vel iuferne incrassato ; contextu pilei, ' ',-1 mm. 

 crasso; hyphis 4-8 (x. crassis, ad septa haud nodosis: tubulis 2-3 

 mm. longis, dissepimentis tenuibus; poris angulatis (saltera in sicco), 

 3-4 in quoque mm., margine subdeuticulato; iiyphis subhym. 3-4 

 fx. crassis; spinis validis castaneo-atris, tunif;a valde incrassata, 

 prope apicem subulatum curvat.um (hamatum, unde nomen spe- 

 ciei) 6-12 (/. crassis, inferne sensim ad 4V, [l. attenuatis, ad 300 ^. 

 lougis, vix vel parum eraergentibus, ab hyphis eximie distinctis; 

 sporis ferrugineo-fulvis, ellipsoidois. levibus, 8-9 « 5-6. 



Hah. ad truncos, Santa Anna da Chapada, Matto Grosso Bra- 

 siliap (Ma.lme). — Habitus fere P. cinnamomei , sed sporis, spinis 

 etc. diversissimus. 

 l. Polystictus roseo-fuscus Romell, Hymen. austro-amer. I, p. 32, 512 

 t. III, f 42 (Poli/porus) (Sv. Vet-Akad. 1901). — Trunoigenus, 

 dimidiatus, sessilis, suberosus, tenuis, supra atro-castaneus, infra et 

 intus sordide roseus ; pUeo glabro, vix serioeo, dense concentrico 

 striato vel leviter sulcato, fuligineo-castaneo; margine dilute ca- 

 staneo, 3 cm. longo, 5 cm. lato vel duobus contluentibus latiore, 

 vix 4 ram cras.so; contextu 1-1,5 mra. cr., ex hyphis 3-5 ja. cr. 

 coraposito; tubulis 2-3 mm. long., poris majusculis, 0,5-1 mm. 

 lat. sed irregularibus, dissepimentis hic illic deficientibus v. incom- 



