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EXOTIC FUNGI. 
Stereum xanthellum, Che. 
Coriaceo-membranaceum, ochraceo-flavidum ; pileo infundibuli- 
formi, glabro, opaco, leniter subzonato ; margine undulato ; stipite 
deorsum attenuato, tenui ; hymenio pruinoso, concolori. 
On wood. (No. 2700.) 
Resembling S. elegans, Fr., in size and form, but very different 
in colour and texture. It has very much the appearance of new 
wash leather. Stem about the same length as the pileus, about 
one inch. 
Brazil. 
Polyposus (Pleuzopus) sanguineus, Fr. 
On wood. Rio Janeiro. (Glaziou, 11767.) 
Polyposus (Placodesmei) Austsalis, Fr. 
On wood. Rio Janeiro. (Grlaziou, .) 
Polyposus (Placodesmei), ulmasius, Fr. 
On wood. Rio Janeiro. (Glaziou, 11772.) 
Polyposus (Placodesmei) latesitius, Che. 
Pileo suberoso-lignoso, explanato, diinidiato-sessili, sublateritio, 
concentrice viridi-zonato, postice tuberculoso duro, opaco ; intus 
molli, leete lateritio ; poris minutis rotundis confluenti-stratosis, 
ferrugineo-fuscis mm. diam.). 
On wood. Rio Janeiro. (Glaziou, 11770.) 
Pileus 8 to 10 inches by 4 to 5 inches, and two inches thick 
behind. Perennial. Internally of a bright brick red, or almost 
orange red ; somewhat of the colour of a red-fleshed melon. 
Substance beneath the hard horny cuticle not at all fibrous ; soft, 
but firm ; not so dense as in P. ulmarius. With a sharp knife it 
may be cut in slices almost as thin as paper. Pores smaller than 
in P. fomentarius. 
Tsametes ochscflava, Che. 
Ubique ochraceo-flavida ; pileo suberoso, compacto, convexo 
applanato-ve, tuberculoso ; margine saepe concentrice sulcato ; intus 
concolore ; poris subrotundis, minutis, aequalibus, ochraceis. 
On trunks. Rio Janeiro. (Glaziou, 11769.) 
Pileus 3 to 10 inches by 2 to 5 inches, and from ^ to 1 inch 
thick behind. Often imbricated. Pores |^th mm. diam. Internally 
concentrically zoned. Tubes half an inch long, or more, according 
to the thickness of the pileus. 
Japan. 
Polyposus (Placodesmei) glaucotus, Che. 
Pileo suberoso-lignoso, applanato, concentrice sulcato, glabro, 
• nitido cinereo, postice gibbo; intus molli fibroso, rhabarbarino- 
fusco. Poris rotundis, minutis, brevibus, cinn am orneis. 
Oli wood. Japan. (Mr. C. Welford). 
