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487. Lentinus castoreus. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 486. Sacc 
Sail. 2485. 
Subsessile, imbricate; pilei subresupinate, then elongated, 
tongue-like, smooth, rather rugose, rufous, then tan colour, margin 
involute, entire; gills very crowded, narrow, dentate, rufescent. 
var. hirneoloides. B. 4" Br. Linn. Journ. x.=Lentinus 
hirneolus, Berk. 
Pallid tawny (2-3 c.m. diam.) ; gills paler, pileus thin. 
On logs. Broger’s Creek. 
488. Lentinus vulpinus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 486. Cooke Illus 
t. 11425. Sacc. Syll. '2 486. 
Sessile, imbricated. Pileus fleshy, but tough, conchate, connate 
behind, longitudinally rough, costate, corrugate, or floccose (2^-5 
c.m. long), tan coloured (3 in. diam.) ; margin incurved, entire ; 
gills torn, white. 
On stumps. Queensland. N.S.Wales. 
489. Lentinus lasiopliyllus. Cke. Sf Mass. Grev. xvi., 1. 
Ciespitose. Pilei thin, rather dimidiate, lobed at the margin, 
plane, depressed behind, even, smooth, shining, ochraceous (2-4 
in. broad) ; stems abbreviated, discoid, tomentose ; gills decurrent, 
rather crowded, linear, narrow, interstices densely velvety, edge 
almost naked, of the same colour. 
On stumps. Victoria. Cmlgegong River. 
490. Lentinus hepatotrichus. Berk. FI. Tasm. t. 181,/. 9. 
Sacc. Syll. 2490. 
Pileus hoof- like, liver colour, becoming smooth in front, strigose 
behind (l£-2 c.m. diam.) ; gills broad, pallid, margin crenately 
toothed ; spores elliptic, white. 
On bark of Eucalyptus. Tasmania. 
491. Lentinus punctaticeps. B. cf Br. Linn. Trans, ii., 55. 
Sacc. Syll. 2495. 
Pileus lateral, punctately hispid (2-4 c.m. diam.) ; stem yellow, 
very short; gills decurrent, of the same colour, edge acute, here 
and there eroded. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
492. Lentinus subdulcis. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1851, 46. 
Sacc. Syll. 2497. 
White, pileus imbricated, lobate, without strise, smooth (7^ c.m. 
broad) ; margin incurved ; stem spurious or obsolete ; gills rather 
broad, and somewhat distant. Sweet scented. 
On dead wood. Queensland. 
493. Lentinus pelliculosus. Schw. Fr. Epicr. 395. Sacc 
Syll. 2499. 
Sessile, imbricate ; pileus tough, reniform, very thin every- 
where, and margin strigose, tawny fawn colour (3-5 c.m. diam.) ; 
gills broad, torn, pallid. 
On rotten trunks. N.S.Wales. 
