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differs in the pileus becoming vinous red when bruised, th 
shining stem and distant gills. Fries in his Hymenomycetes 
Europaei at p. 469 cites Stephensii as a Synonym for his Maras. 
mius terginus Fr. but this is also characterized by a smooth 
shining stem and the spores are, according to Massee, elliptical 
6-7 x4p. Quélet in his Fl. Mycologique at p. 319 identifies 
Marasmius Stephensii with his Marasmius globularis Weinm, 
but this certainly differs from S¢ephensii and the present variety 
in the globose campanulate umbonate pileus and the distant gills 
and the ovoid pruniform spores 8-op. 
Polyporus benzoinus (Wnbg.) Fr. Hym. Eur. P. 554; Fr. 
if 2 Wwalch-t. 36. £ 1),atidesee pl. 12 hereof. 
Very sweet scented and subimbricate. Pileus 9-12 cm. wide, 
6-7 cm. deep, 10-20 cm, thick woody, shell shaped but con. 
stricted at the base, fuscous-rubiginous, somewhat zoned, very 
rugose when dry and becoming darker. Tubes 6-10 mm. long, 
equal ; orifice round or deltoid, and minute at first whitish then 
ferruginous. Flesh fuscous then pale wood. Spores white 
4-5 x 2-2°S5n oblong, curved. 
On a fallen Cedar tree, Swarraton, Hants, 17th January, 1905, 
the Rev. W. L. W. Eyre. 
This species at first suggests a form of Polyporus hispidus, 
but a closer examination soon directs one to its true affinity. 
It is closely related to Polyporus resinosus but cannot be te- 
garded as a variety of that species because according to Quélet 
the spores are ovoid brown 10-12, whereas the present species 
has white curved spores 4-5 x 2-2°5p and is characterized by the 
very pleasant smell which it retains even when dry. Fries’ sug- 
gestion that it might be a Trametes is also confirmatory of the 
identity of this species. 
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Polystictus Montagnei (Fr.). Hym. Eur. p. 530; Fr. Epic. p. 
A340 “Ouel far h t £ 4 and see pl. 11 hereof. 
Pileus 3-8 cm. broad, cyathiform, irregular, uneven, zoneless, 
ferruginous, tomentose becoming smooth, margin thin. Stem 2-3 
cm. long by 5-9 mm. thick, unequal, ferruginous, pubescent. 
Flesh somewhat corky, ferruginous. Pores short, Zarge, round, 
obtuse, edge entire, yellowish white then ferruginous. Spores 
5-0 x 4-54 ovoid, plum-shaped, punctate, hyaline. The whole 
plant, both externally and internally, is of a tawny cinnamon 
colour. 
On the ground, near Grayswood Beeches, near Haslemere, 
Surrey, 1898, Mr. E. W. Swanton. 
Easily distinguished from Polystictus perennis (Linn) by the 
zoneless pileus and large entire pores. 
