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PRAECURSORES AD MONOGRAPHIA POLYPORORUM. 
albido. Tubulis elongatis (J centim.) ; poris majusculis, irregu- 
laribus, angulatis (0*5-1 mm.), concoloribus. 
Ad truncos (?). Mauritius. 
Pileus 3in. broad ; stem about 2in. long, -Jin. thick. Whole 
plant glutinous when fresh. 
182. Polyporus (Molli) sordidus, Cooke. 
Pileo carnoso-molli, firmo, pulvinato, postice attenuato, sub- 
tiliter velutino, sordide fuligineo, circa marginem glabrescente, 
contextu albo, subzonato, tubulis mediis (5 mm. long), poris albis, 
inaequalibus, angulatis (*25-*5 mm.) dissepimentis tenuibus, 
integris. 
Ad truncos. United States (J. B. Eliis, 3796). 
Pileus lj-2in. diam ; lin., or more, thick behind, sometimes 
sparsely imbricated, margin a little curved inwards. 
221. Polyporus (Molli) argentatus, Cooke. 
Pileo e carnoso-lento coriaceo, applanato, conchiformi, laevi vel 
papillato, leniter sericeo, antice albo; postice cinereo-fusco ; mar- 
gine subacuto, saepe albido, leniter sulcato. Carne albo. Poris 
ablis aequalibus, rotundatis, mediis, dissepimentis incrassatis. — P. 
Palliseri, Grev. x. 98 (non Berk.). 
Ad truncos. Victoria, Queensland. 
Pileus 2-3 unc. latus, \ unc. crass. 
251. Polyporus (Dichroi) Curreyanus, Berk, in Heri. No. 2820. 
Effuso-reflexus, carnoso-lentus, subtiliter villosus, pallidus, 
azonus ; poris mediis, rotundis, curtis, nigrescentibus, saepe hinc 
illic obsoletis mm.). 
Ad truncos. New Zealand. 
Differs from P. adustus in becoming quite black. 
280. Polyporus (Hispidi) spiculiferus, Cooke. 
Pileo carnoso, aquose-molli subpulvinato (l-2in.) fuligineo- 
nigrescente, laevi, sicco ruguloso, undique spiculis obtusis sparsis 
erectis ornato ; carne pallido, tubulis elongatis (5-7 mm.), poris 
minutis, subaequalibus, dissepimentis tenuibus. 
Ad truncos. North Gipps Land, Australia (Tisdall and Webb). 
A very characteristic and singular species, somewhat resembling 
Hydnum gelatinosum in appearance. 
288. Polyporus (Hispidi) Hobsoni, Berk, in Herl. 3987. 
Pileo spongioso, molli, subpulvinato, brevi, albido, pallescente 
scruposo tomentoso, obtusi, contextu fibroso, pallido. Hymenio 
convexo, concolori. Poris magnis, angulatis (1-lf mm.); postice 
decurrentibus, dissepimentis tenuibus . — Trametes Hobsoni , Berk, 
in Herb. 3987. 
Ad ligno emortuo. India (Bombay). 
Pileus l-ljin., and nearly as thick, irregular and deformed. 
334. Polyporus (Lignescenti) Venezuelae, Berk. Sf Curt. 
Fusco-cervinus, subimbricatus. Pileo suberoso, dimidiato, con- 
vexo, subtiliter velutino, plerumque circiter marginem glabrato, 
azono, postice tuberculoso et obscuriori, margine acuto, hymenio 
