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VIII. FUNGI. 
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16. p. (Apus) borealis, Fries. Imbricate. Fileus white, at length 
yellowish, between fibrous and corky, thick, convex above, flat below, velvety. 
Pores slender, rounded, white, forming long tubes ; edges lacerate. 
Middle Islaud : Otago, Lindsay. (Europe.) 
17. P. (Apus) hirsutus, Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 179. White. 
Pileus coriaceous, corky, often imbricate, reniform, almost plane on both sur- 
faces, strigose, zoned. Pores equal, white internally, obtuse, brown or ashy 
externally. 
Worth er ii Island : on dead wood, J. D. H., Colenso. (Europe.) 
18. P. (Apus) velutinus. Fries ; — Berk, in FI. A r . Z. ii. 179. White, 
at length yellowish. Pileus corky-coriaceous, flat on both surfaces, velvety, 
slightly zoned : margin acute, attenuated. Pores minute, round, white, equal. 
— Berk. Outlines, 248. 
Northern Islaud : on dead wood, Colenso. (Europe, America.) 
19. P. (Apus) versicolor. Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. 179. White 
yellowish or ashy-blue, tufted, subimbricate. Pileus thin, coriaceous, rigid, 
flattened, depressed behind, velvety, shining in parts, variegated with dif- 
ferent-coloured zones. Pores minute, round ; dissepiments acute, torn, white, 
at length pallid. — Berk. Outlines, 248. 
Northern Island : on rotten logs, Colenso. (Ubiquitous.) 
20. P. (Apus) tabacinus, Montayne ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 178. 
Imbricate, rusty-brown. Pileus thin, coriaceous, rigid, effuse, reflexed, shell- 
like, tomentose, zoned ; margin acute, pale. Pores middling-sized ; dissepi- 
ments toothed and lacerate. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, J. J). II., Colenso. (Chili, Juan Fernaudez.) 
21. P. (Apus) cinnabarmus. Fries ; — Berk, in FI N. Z. ii. 179. 
Cinnamon- red. Pileus subcoriaceous or corky, thickish, slightly convex, obso- 
letely zoned, rugulose, when young pubescent. Pores rounded, conspicuous. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, J. I). II., Colenso. (Europe, N. America.) 
22. P. (Apus) sanguineus. Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 178. 
Shining, vermilion-red. Pileus subrenifonn, coriaceous, thin, obsoletely zoned, 
flat, glabrous. Pores very minute, vanishing towards the margin. 
Northern and Middle Islands, J. JD. H., Lindsay. (America, Tasmania, S. Africa.) 
23. P. (Resupinatus) eatervatus, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 180. t. 
105./. 1. Forming dull white patches of small laterally confluent stipitate 
pilei, which form together a flat thin stratum. Pileus rather membranous, 
silky ; margin often lobed. Pores small, irregular ; dissepiments thin, toothed. 
Northern Island : on Fodocarpus spicata, Bay of Islands, Colenso. A very curious 
species. 
23. P. (Resupinatus) leucoplacus, Berk, in Fl. N. Z. ii. 180. 
White, effused. Pileus nearly smooth, thin, rigid; margin free. Pores 
