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475. Lentinus cyathus. B. $ Br. Linn. Trans. 1879, 400. 
—L. scleroticola. Murr. Linn. Trans. Sacc. Syll. 2398. 
Pileus infundibuliform, tough, thin, ochraceous, with velvety- 
brown lines radiating from the centre, more rarely at the margin 
(4 in. and more across) ; stem solid, equal, pallid, tomentose, root- 
ing amongst leaves with a copious white mycelium (or attached to 
a large sclerotiform tuber), whole plant, including the rooting base, 
6in. high (stem 7 lines or more thick) ; gills ochraceous brown, 
thin, crowded, simple, somewhat decurrent, undulate when dry. 
In dense scrubs. Queensland. 
d. Cochleati. Pileus smooth, unequal. 
476. Iientinus cochleatus. Fr. l/yrn. Eur. 484. Cooke Illus. 
t. 1142a. Sacc. Syll. v., 2415. 
Annual, tough , flaccid ; pileus fleshy, but tough, irregular (2^- 
6 c.m. broad), somewhat lobed or contorted (2-3 in. diam.), rufes- 
cent, as well as the solid, firm, sulcate, smooth stem (2-8 c.m. long) ; 
gills crowded, serrated, pinkish-white. 
On trunks and the ground. Victoria. Queensland. W. Australia. 
e. Cornucopioides. Pileus smooth , regular. 
477. lentinus pergamenus. Fr. Sym. Myc. 37. Sacc. Syll. 
2439. 
Cmspitose, white. Pileus between coriaceous and membrana- 
ceous, infundibuliform, even (2-4 c.m. broad) ; margin shortly 
reflexed. Stem solid, smooth (2-3 c.m. long, 2 m.m. thick). 
Gills very decurrent, thin, crowded, quite entire. 
On the ground. Queensland. 
478. Lentinus laeviceps. Kalch. in Grev. vm., t. 144,/. 19. 
Sacc. Syll. 2449. 
Pileus between fleshy and coriaceous, convex, then plane or 
depressed, even, smooth, yellowish-white (6 c.m. broad). Stem 
solid, attenuated downwards, scaly at the base (5 c.m. long, 1 c.m. 
thick). Gills decurrent, thick, distant, edge nearly entire. 
On ? Australia. 
479. Lentinus catervarius. B. <$• Br. Linn. Trans, n. Sacc. 
Syll. 2156. 
Cmspitose, golden-yellow ; pileus convex, then flattened, smooth 
(8^ c.m. broad) ; stem cylindrical, thick, nearly equal (3|-5 c.m. 
high, 10-12 m.m. thick) ; gills narrow, decurrent, here and there 
eroded. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
480. Lentinus Guilfoylei. Berk. Linn. Journ. xviii., 384. 
Sacc. Syll. 2458. 
Pileus umber, deeply umbilicate, smooth, cuticle cartilaginous, 
margin sulcate (6-7 c.m. broad) ; stem curved, of the same colour, 
striate (5 c.m. long, 8-9 m.m. thick) ; gills decurrent, continued 
from a groove at the base. 
On rotten wood. Tweed River. 
