152 
PETCH : 
zoned ; this is due to the temporary arrest of the expansion 
of the pileus owing to changes in the weather. This species 
frequently splits to the centre when pressed. 
Lentinus similis B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 409. 
L. hlepharodes B. & C., in B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 408 ; 
L. badius Berk., in Decades of Fungi, inter 159 et 160. 
Amethyst or violet when young, becoming pale brown to 
red-brown when old. Pileus 'up to 8 cm. diameter, deeply 
infundibuliform, edge decurved or plane, regularly plicato- 
sulcate to the centre, coarsely velvety with short close-set 
hairs, which are often grouped into tufts within the funnel, 
margin regular and fimbriate. Total height up to 14 cm. 
Stalk long, straight, equal, expanded at the base, clothed 
with long silky hyphæ entangled in a spongy mass. Gills 
decurrent, narrow, rather distant, violet, then cream-coloured, 
finally brown. Spores white, narrow-oval, or oblong-oval, 
5-7 X 3-3-5 |j.. 
On dead wood, usually scattered. 
Lentinus eximius B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 415. 
L. estriatus B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 418. 
Not collected recently ; apparently the same texture as 
L. similis, but even, and shortl 3 r stalked ; the gills dry very 
dark. 
