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3. Lentinus albellus Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 

 15: 195- 1899 



Known from a single collection by Duss in Guadeloupe. Types 

 well preserved, showing points in common both with Lentinus 

 hirtus and Lentodium squamosum. 



4. Lentinus tubarius Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 

 15: 194- 1899 



Known from a single collection by Duss in Guadeloupe. Similar 

 to L. hirtus in many ways, but rufous in color and containing a 

 large percentage of water, causing the specimens to shrink to 

 one third their size in drying. 



5. Lentinus pyramidatus Berk. & Curt. Proc. 

 Am. Acad. 4: 121. i860 



Collected originally in Nicaragua by the U. S. Exploring Ex- 

 pedition, and later in Mexico by C. L. Smith, who labeled it L. 

 villosus. During the winter of 1907, Mr. M. E. Peck sent it to 

 me from British Honduras. There are two good pencil sketches 

 of it at Kew, but no specimens. 



6. Lentinus crinitus (L.) Fries, Syst. Orb. 

 Veg. 77. 1825 



Agaricus crinitus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1644. 1763. (Type from 

 Jamaica.) 



Agaricus Bertieri Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 175. 1821. (Type from 

 Guadeloupe.) 



Lentinus nigripes Fries; Kl. Linnaea 8: 479. 1833. (Type from 

 Mauritius.) 



Lentinus villosus Kl. Linnaea 8: 479. 1833. (Type from 

 Mauritius.) 



Lentinus stuppeus Kl. Linnaea 8: 480. 1833. (Type from 

 Mauritius.) 



Lentinus tener Kl. ; Fries, Syn. Gen. Lent. 6. 1836. (Type from 



Louisiana, according to Klotsch.) 

 Lentinus Swartzii Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 2: 632. 1843. (Type 



from Jamaica.) 



