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margin acute, indexed; pores short, round, equal, quiteentire.

On trunks. Scotland, A. Jerdon. Bath, C. E. B. Thin,about an inch across.

23. P. fragilis, Fr.; dirty-white, spotted with brown whentouched; pileus fleshy, fibrous, brittle, piano-depressed or ver-siform, rough with fibres, convex below; pores thin, elongato-flexuous, intricate.

On fir. Cornwall, Mr. Ralfs.

24. P. csesius, Fr.; white, here and there tinged with blue;pileus fleshy, soft, tough, unequal, silky; pores small, unequal,elongato-flexuous, torn and toothed.— Sow. t. 220.

On fallen sticks, etc. Not uncommon. About an inchacross, sometimes resupinate. Spores green.

25. P. destructor, Fr.; pileus fleshy, watery, brittle, effuso-reflexed, wrinkled, dirty-white, tinged with brown, zonedwithin; pores long, rounded, toothed and torn, dirty-white.

On larch and Scotch fir. Scotland, Mrs. Wynne. North-amptonshire, in several localities. Sometimes almost resu-pinate or effuse, with scarcely any free margin.

26. P. nidulans, Fr.; pileus fleshy, but tough, very soft,somewhat pulviuate, villous, then nearly even, zoneless, red-dish-grey, of the same colour within; pores long, middle-sized, unequal, angular, tawny, inclining to tile-red.

On fallen sticks. Not common. Sherwood Forest, onmountain ash. A resupinate form was sent from Scotlandby Dr. Bauchop.

27. P. rutilans, Fr.; pileus fleshy, hut tough, thin, soft, atfirst villous, then smooth, zonelcss, tawny-cinnamon, turningpale, of the same colour within; pores short, minute, thin,equal, acute, cinnamon.— Pers. Ic. et Descr. t. 6. f. 4.

On fallen branches. Not common. Wynnstay. Denbigh-shire. When fresh, has a sweet scent, like that of anise.