BASID10MYCETES— DR M. 0. COOKE. 341 



Soeotra. Rare. On logs upon the slopes of Haghier south from 

 Tamaricla. 



Distrib. Endemic. B.C.S. nn. 1342, 1383. 



Allied to T. colliculosa, B., from which it differs in the decidedly velvety 

 white pileus, white substance and umber pores. 



2. T. rigida, Berk, and Mont, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1849, 240. 

 var. glabra, Cke. 



Soeotra. On wood near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 1411. 

 Distrib. Cuba, Brazil, St Domingo, United States, Australia. 



HYDNEI. 



KNEIFFIA. 



Kneiffia, Fries Epicr. 529, and Hym. Eur. 628. 



A small genus in temperate and subtropical regions. 



K. setigera, Fries Hym. Eur. 628. 



Soeotra. On naked wood. B.C.S. n. 1318. 

 Distrib. Europe, North America, Ceylon. 



AURICULARINI. 

 STEREUM. 



Stereum, Pers. Obs. Myc. i. 35; Fries Epicr. 345. 



A large genus pretty equally distributed over the world. 



1. S. versiforme, B. and Curt. North American Fungi, n. 242. 



Soeotra. On rotten logs near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 1341. 

 Distrib. United States. 



2. S. retirugum, Cke. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 456. 



Coriaceo-membranaceuro, murinum; pileo effuso, e cupulari explanato, confluente, marginato, 

 ambitu pallide fimbriate-; hymenio subvelutino, reticulato-venoso, murinaceo. 



Soeotra. On wood near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 1341 bis. Also a smaller 

 form. B.C.S. n. 1310. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



The pileus is one inch or more long, and the pale margin is alone free. The 

 hymenium is not setulose. 



