118 Hymenomycetap, Agaricacefe, Leucospor?p, Lentinus. 



lamellis latis, deusis, crassis, leviter decurreiitibus, acie dentatis t. 

 laceratis, pallidis; stipite firmo, duro, solido, squamoso, basi sub- 

 incrassato, colore pilei ; sporis oblongo-ellipticis, 8 '«' 4. 



Hab. gregarius ad terram liumosam, California (Mc Clatchie). 



— Pileus 16-20 cm. latus ; stipes circiter 10 cm. longus, 2 '/,-3 

 cm. crassus. 



3. Lentinus Rivae Bres. Ann. E. Ist. Bot. Eoma, VI, 1896, p. 177. ^? 



— Pileo carnoso-coriaceo e convexo-umbilicato infimdibulifornii, 

 albo- sericeo, squamis innatis, fuscis ornato, glabrescente, 5-7 cm. 

 lato; stipite centrali v. excentrico^ furfuraceo v. squamuloso-rimo- 

 so, solido, 3-5 cm. longo, 8-10 mm. crAsso, fibroso, interdum an- 

 nulato, annulo infero, membranaceo ; lamellis attenuato-decurren- 

 tibus, confertis, angustis, acie integra, albis; sporis cylindraceo- 

 subcurvulis, hyalinis, 8 « 2 '/,,. 



HaJ>. ad ligna, Baroda Somalise (Dr. Eiva). — Habitu valde 

 L. figrivo accedit, a quo statura majore, compattiore, lamellis acie 

 int'.-g!'is, stipite valde fibroso et sporis distinguitur. Caro stipitis ita 

 fibrosa ut sectio longitudinalis videatur v illosa ex fibris manifestis. 

 In speciminibus siccis color pilei et stipitis alutaceus, lamellarum 

 fulvo-ocbraceus. 



4. Lentinus Underwoodii Peck, Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. XXIII, 1896, 258 

 p. 41-1. — Pileo carnoso, tenaci, convexo v. subplano, glabro, al- 

 bido, alutaceo v. pallide ochraceo, squamis areolatis, indistinctis, 

 s-Bpe marginem versus evanidis; carne alba; lamellis modice con- 

 fertis, decurrentibus, basi subconnexis v. anastomosantibus, acie 

 saberenatis, albidis, demum decoloribus; stipite firmo, duro, solido, 

 excentrico, squamoso, colore pilei; sporis oblongis, 13-16 « 5-6 '/,. 



Hah. ctespitosus ad lignum Quercus, Alabama Amer. bor. 

 (Underwood). — Pileus 8-16 cm. latus; stipes 4-8 cm. longas, 

 fere 2 '/, cm. crassus. L. magno affinis. 



5. Lentinus ventricosus Peck, BuII. Torr. Bot. CI. XXIII, 1896, 259 

 p. 414. — Pileo carnoso, subplano, glabro, nitente, albo, margine 

 involuto; carne albida; lamellis angustis, confertis, decurrentibus, 

 acie serratis, albidis; stipite curto, crasso, ventricoso, levi, solido, 

 basi abrupte angustato, annulato, albo,intus isabellino-tincto; sporis 

 10>A-13v5-6'/3. 



Hab. ad terram (?) in Alabama Amer. bor. (Underwood). — 

 Pileus 10-16 cm. latus; stipes 4-5 cm. longus, in parte venlricosa 

 circiter 4 cm. crassus. 



6. Lentinus crateriformis P. Henn. Fungi camerun. I, in Engl. 26a 



