3. L en tinu s ptJvinulus (Berk.); resupinatus vel vertice affixus, pulvinatus, pileo pallido glabro
raargiue sulcato, lamellis latis ochroleucis integris. (T a b . CLXXXI. Fig. 1 0 .)
H a b . On dead wood. Archer.
About 4-1 inch across or resupinate, laterally attached, remarkably convex, smooth, ochraceous ; margiu sulcate.
Qilh veiy broad, yeUowish, fariuaceous; edge entii-e.—There are but three individuals of this very interesting
species, aud those not very perfect, but they show that it is quite distinct from anything that has hitherto been
published in this beautiful gi-oup.—P l .ate CLXXXI. Fig. 1 0 ; a , plant, nat. size; b, vertical section.
There are two indifferent specimens in the Tasmanian coUections of an obscure, smooth Lentinus, ivith an even
stem, which is possibly undescribed, but I have not sufficient materials to draw up a good character.
Gen. IX . PANUS, Fr.
Camoso-coriaceus, tenax, arescens. Lamella perfectæ, tenaces, inæquales, acie acutaiutegerrima, trama
distincta fibrosa in liymcnium radiante.
Distinguished from Lentinus by its fibrous trama, and the entire edge of the gills. (Name from panus, a web ;
in allusion to the natui'c of the trama.)
1. P an us saccharinus (Berk.) ; pileo reniformi horizontali subcarnoso, stipite brevi furfuraceo vel
obsoleto, lamellis margine glanduloso-appendiculatis.
H a s . On dead wood, Archer.
From 4-1 inch across, renifonn, somewhat fleshy, wrinkled when dry, either entirely sessile or springing from
a short fui-ftivaceous stem. Q-ills moderately broad ; edge glandular, as if dusted with sugar. The tint varies from
ochraceous to lateritious.—This species is closely allied to Panus stypticus, but appeai-s to be tmly distinct. The
gills are broader, and the pileus, though not smooth, is by no means broken up into furfuraceous scales.
Gen. X. XEROTUS, Fr.
Hymenophorum cum stipite contiguum, deseendens in tramam cum pileo coriaceo-membranaceo tenui
homogeneum. Lamella integræ, obtusæ, coriaceæ.
A most beautiful genus, resembling Cantharellus, but differing in substance, aud in the broad gills of the more
typical species. (Name from ¿ijpos, dry)
1 . X e r o tu s A r ch e r i (Berk.) ; pileo reniformi minutissime ruguloso sulcato lufo, stipite brevissimo,
margine deflexo, lamellis umbrino-btunneis inæqualibus simplicibus latiusculis distantibus paucis interstitiis
lævibus. (T a b . CLXXXII. Fig. 1 .)
H a b . On dead sticks, etc., Archer.
Pileus 4 inch broad, red-brown, in parts paler, very minutely wrinkled, sulcate, smooth, at first furfuraceous ;
margin waved. Stein very short, lateral, pulverulent. Gills few, simple, moderately broad, waved, with shorter
ones intermixed, brownish; interstices even.—Closely allied to X. discolor, wliich however differs in the absence
of a stem, the more simple gills, etc. I have the same species from Chili.—P late CLXXXII. Fig. 1 ; a, plant
of nat. size.
2. X e r o tu s p apyraceus (Berk.); papyraceus, pileo pallido striato 1. lævi tenui, margine demum
expanse, lamellis simplicibus fuscis 1. pallidis. (T a b . CLXXXII. Fig. 2.)
H a b . On dead wood, J. I). IL , Archer.
Subimbricated, thin, pallid, at first convex, 4 inch broad, striate ; margin expanded. Stem very sliort or obsolete.
Gills brown, simple, more numerous than in the last species.—This is very distinct, but its characters are
not easily defined. It is tliknei, with scarcely any tint of red, and tho gills are neatly hrice as numerous. Dr.
Hooter’s specimens hnve the pileus oven, and the gills pallid.—PniTB CLXXXII. Fig. 2 ; a, plant of ml. me.
Oen. XI. SCHIZOPHYLLUM, Fr.
Aridus, excarnis. Lamellæ coriaceæ, ramoso-llabelliformes, acie longitudinaliter fissa, lamellnlis discretis
extrorsam revolutis.
The split gflls distinguish this genus from every species of the Agaricinous group except A. schizophyllus, from
which the habit, substance, and whole character at once separate it. It appears to be rare in Tasmania, as might
be supposed from the very Eui-opean type of almost aU its species. (Name from crx^w, to clean, and jivXkov, a leaf)
1. S chizophyllum commune (Fr. Ep. p. 403).
H a b . Ou dead wood, J . I .H .
I t does not occur in the other collections. No species of Lenzites have yet been discovered, and the genus is
also absent from New Zealand, except under the tropical form of L. repanda.
Gen. X II. BOLETUS, L .
Hymenophomm ab hymenio prorsus discretum, nec in tramam
secedentcs.
; tnbuli ab bymenophoro
This genus, which contains many species, is in the series Polyporei what Agaricus is in Agaricinei, exhibiting
at the same time the same loose connection between the hymenium and pileus as Paxillns. Exotic species are but
little known, but tbose which have been noticed often exceed in beauty European forms. Two only have been distinguished
in Tasmania, but there is evidence of other forms. (Name from Boletus, a mushroom ; itself formed from
/îüjXtTTJÇ.)
1. B o le tn s frutic icola (Berk, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. p. 574).
H a b . On the roots of shrubs, Gunn
2. B o le tu s m e g a lo sp on is (Berk.) ; pileo piano subalutaceo, stipite deorsum incrassato areolato
monticuloso sursum reticulato, poris incarnatis, sporis maximis uni-triseptatis. (Ta b . CLXXXII. Fig. 3.)
H a b . On the ground, principally under trees : Chesliunt, Archei-.
Pileus 4 inches a cro ss, flat b u t waved, taii-colom-ed, tin g e d w ith umb e r. Stem 3 inches h ig h , b u lb o u s, pale
tan -co lo u red , reticu la ted above, below d iv id ed in to p u lv in a te a reolæ. Tubes rose-co lo u red . Spores o bloug, u n i-tri-
a eptate, - j4 ^ iu ch lo n g , ^ b ro ad .— U n fo rtu n a te ly no specimens bave b e en p reserved ; th e e x a c t affinities can n o t
therefore b e in d ic ated , th o u g h th e species is p ro b ab ly n e ar Boktus alutarius. Th e lai-ge spores a n d v e iy p e cu lia r
stem, w ith o tiie r characters, w ill a t onc e p o in t o u t th e sp e c ie s .-P L A T E CLXXXII, F ig . 3 ; a, p la n t, nat. s
b, spore, )
Gen. X I II. FOLYPORUS, Fr.
Hymenophorum inter poros in tramam deseendens, sed cum eisdem in stratum proprium seu discolor
mutatura. Fori cum pilei substantia contigui, a sc invicem hand scparabiles, primitus obsoleti seu minutissimi.
An enormous genus, containing many truly tropical species, of which scarcely one enters into the Tasmaniau
Flora. As iu the ‘Flora of New Zealand,’ I retain the cUvisions proposed by Fries iu his ‘Epicrisis,’ without however
venturing any opinion contrary to his later views, (Name from iroArs, many, and iropos, a pore)