Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. 0. E. Broome on British Fungi. 2t>3 



*337. Lenzites sepiaria, Fr. Ep. p. 407. On a scaffolding-pole, 

 Oundle, Northamptonshire, 1847. 



The hymenium is of a brilliant orange-brown when fresh. 



338. Boletus parasiticus, Bull. t. 451. fig. 1. Parasitic on 

 Scleroderma vulgar e, Hanham near Bristol, Aug. 1845, C. E. 

 Broome. 



Pileus silky, dirty yellow as well as the incurved, rigid, slightly 

 silky stem ; flesh, of a pale reddish hue ; tubes decurrent, laby- 

 rinthiform, reddish. 



Fries appears never to have seen this species when fresh, which 

 may account for one or two slight discrepancies. It is certainly 

 not viscid in any stage of growth. 



339. Boletus chrysenteron, Bull. t. 490. fig. 3 ; Fr. Ep. p. 415. 

 In woody pastures : common. 



This species was formerly confounded by Fries with Bol. sub- 

 tomentosus. It is the species described in ' Eng. Flora/ vol. v. 

 pt. 2. p. 150. 



340. Boletus Satanas, Lenz. (2nd ed.), fig. 21 ; Fr. Ep. p.418. 

 On the ground under trees, in Rockingham Forest : not un- 

 common. 



341. Boletus purpureas, Fr. Ep. p. 419. On the ground under 

 trees, Rockingham Forest, June 1845. 



342. Boletus alutarius, Fr. Ep. p. 425. Hayes, Kent, Mrs. 

 Hussey. 



*343. Polyporus brumalis, Fr. Ep. p. 430. On fallen sticks, 

 Portbury near Bristol, May 1847. 



This beautiful species is distinguished from Pol. ciliatus, with 

 which it is often confounded, by its larger pores and different 

 habit. 



344. Polyp, quercinus, Fr. Ep. p. 441. P. sube?-osus, Kromb. 

 t. 5. figs. 3, 5, t. 48. figs. 11, 13. On old oaks, Hayes, Kent, 

 Mrs. Hussey ; Apethorpe, Norths., Mr. Alfred Brodhurst Hill. 



A very distinct species, having somewhat the form of Fistulina 

 hepatica. It is of a beautiful yellow brown with rather shallow 

 pores. 



345. Polyp, nidulans, Fr. Ep. p. 455. On mountain ash, Sher- 

 wood Forest. 



A resupinate form was gathered on oak at Edinburgh by Dr. 

 Bauchop. 



346. Polyp, rutilans, Fr. Ep. p. 455. On Quercus sessili- 

 Jlora, banks of the Dee near Wynnstay, July 1848. 



When fresh very soft, of a beautiful reddish gray, and with a 

 powerful but pleasant odour like that of aniseed. 



346 b . Polyp, salicinus, Fr. Ep. p. 467. On willows, Berkshire, 

 F. J. Graham, Esq. ; Apethorpe, Norths. 



Polyp, salicinus, Grev., is now Polyp, salignus, Fr. Polyporus 



