Lentinus velutinus Fr. 1830

Lentinus velutinus Fries, Linnaea 5: 510. 1830
Panus velutinus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 398. 1838. Lentinus ciliatus h€v. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 2: 175. 1844. Lentinus setiger Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 2: 176. 1844.* ^Lentinus caelopus Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 5: 116. 1846. Lentinus echinopus Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 5: 118. 1846. Lentinus siparius Berk. & Curt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 301. 1868 Lentinus blepharodes Berk. & Curt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 301. 1868 Lenti7ius {Scleroma) fallax Speg. Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent. 16: 274. 1883 Lentinus casianeus Ellis & Macbr. Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa 32; 194. 1896. Pocillaria cinnamomea Earle, Inf. An. Estac. Centr. Agron. Cuba 1: 231. 1906.
Pileus coriaceous, thin, infundibuliform, solitary to subcespitose, 4-6 cm. broad; surface velvety to fasciculate-hispid, pale-cinnamon to brown or chestnut-brown, azonate, rarely becoming zonate, margin refiexed, ciliate, radiate-striate: lamellae entire, at times interveined, obconic-decurrent, crowded, thin, narrow, pale-fiesh-colored to chestnut, velvety below: spores ellipsoid, 10X6 ju: stipe slender, tough, elongate, dry, velvety, ferruginous to chestnut, solid, cylindric above, slightly enlarged below, radicate, 6-15 cm. long, 3-5 mm. thick.
Type locaIvITy: Brazil.
Habitat: On dead wood.
Distribution: Florida and Mexico to subtemperate South America; also in oriental tropical