252 THE BOTANY OF CHKISTMAS ISLAND 



Fungi. 



Identified by M. G. Massee. 



Basidiomycetes. 



Favolus albidus, Massee. A small white agaric luminous at 

 night. Plateau at Irvine Hill. 

 Endemic, a new species. 



Flammula sapinea, Fries. Pilens violet above, fulvous orange 

 beneath ; a new record. 



Volvaria haplotricnia, Berk and Broom. A grey agaric. 

 Flying Fish Cove, a new record. 



Pleurotus prometkius, Berk and Curt. A white fungus growing 

 on dead wood ; eaten by natives 



Common on the Plateau, a new record. 



Lentinus Lecontei, Fries. 



Dark brown, Murray Hill track, centre of Island. A 

 new record. 



L. fulvus Berk, no special locality, a new record. 



L. velutinus, Fries. ,, 



Lenzites platyphyllus, Cooke. Common pale fawn above, white 

 below. Waterfall, Phosphate Hill, a new record. 



Schizopliyllum commune, Fr. 



A common grey fungus ; Phosphate Hill etc., on dead 

 timber. Common all over the world. Collected also by 

 Andrews. 



Polyporus confluer>s, Fr. No special locality; collected by 



Andrews. 

 P. subzonalis, Cook. Fawn colored. 



Common Phosphate Hill, Murray Hill track, Flying 

 Fish Cove. On dead wood, a new record. 



Jour. (Straits Branch 



