340 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



HYMENOMYCETES, 

 AGARICINI. 



1. AGARICUS. 



Agaricus, Tournef. (1700), Inst. p. 562 ; Fries Hym. Eur. 17. 



A very large genus, distributed over the world, but chiefly in temperate regions. 



A. (Pleurotus) applicatus, Batsch. Syn. f. 125 ; Fries Hym. Eur. 180. 



Socotra. On bark. B.C.S. n. 1415. 



Distrib. Europe, Australia, Tasmania, North America, and West Indies. 



2. LENTINUS. 



Lentinus, Fries PL Homon. (1825) 77. 



A large genus, chiefly tropical or subtropical, a few species in temperate 

 regions. 



L. COChleatus, Fries Hym. Eur. 484. 



Socotra. On trunks near Tamarida. B.C.S. n. 1353. 

 Distrib. Europe, United States. 



POLYPOREL 

 1. POLYPORUS. 



Polyporus, Micheli Nov. Gen. 118 ; Fries Hym. Eur. 522 ; Cke. in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. xiii. 131. 

 A very large genus of about a thousand species, scattered over the whole 

 world. Most abundant in the tropics. 



P. igniarius, Fries Hym. Eur. 559. 



Socotra. Near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 1387. 



Distrib. Europe, Siberia, India, Ceylon, Java, Philippines, Australia, 

 Tasmania, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, United States, British North 

 America, Admiralty Island. 



2. TRAMETES. 



Trametes, Fries Epicr. (1838), 488, and Summa Veg. Scandin. ii. 322, and'Hym. Eur. 581. 

 A subtropical genus of about 150 species. 



1. T. socotrana, Cke. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 456. 



Pileo sessili semiorbiculari, tenui, coriaceo, zonato-sulcato, velutino, albo ; contextu concolore, 

 poris magnis dentatis, demum confluentibus, umbrinis. 



