82 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
276. 4. (Mycena) rufopictus, n. s.; fascicularis, fragilis ; pileo 
viscosissimo plano e centro radiato carnosulo; stipite elongato fistuloso 
glabro; lamellis adnatis rufulis. Hook. fil., No. 48, cum ic. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, 8,000 feet. May. Abundant. 
Tufted, brittle, inodorous, red-brown. Pilei 3-1 inch broad, ex- 
tremely viscid, nearly plane, slightly fleshy, marked with darker lines 
radiating from the centre. Stems elongated, 3 inches high, scarcely 
2 lines thick, nearly equal, smooth. Gills nearly plane, paler than the 
pileus, distant, adnate, at length subdecurrent. 
Allied to 4. epipterygius, but distinct from every described species. 
277. A. (Pleurotus) apalosclerus, n. s. ; graveolens, umbrinus ; pileo 
udo tenero molli umbilicato squamulis acutis exasperato; stipite firmo 
rigido solido deorsum attenuato; lamellis decurrentibus interstitiis 
venosis. Hook. fil., No. 80, cum ic. 
Has. On trunks of trees. Darjeeling, 7-8,000 feet. June, July. 
Abundant. 
Odour strong, disagreeable. Very soft, fleshy, and brittle. ileus 
24-3 inches broad, umbilicate, depressed, umber, moist, rough with 
raised pointed scales or warts; margin striate. Stem 14 inch high, 
2 lines thick in the centre, ascending, attenuated downwards, solid, 
firm, darker than the pileus. Gills rather narrow, decurrent, pale 
umber, crenate ; interstices venose. 
This has precisely the habit of some Lentini, but is of a soft, tender 
consistence. The stem is barely excentric, but as the edge is quite 
expanded, it comes better amongst the Pleuwroti than in the former 
section of Omphalia, in which alone it could be placed. It contracts 
very much in drying, and in the herbarium shows no Lentinoid aspect. 
It exhibits, indeed, a type quite distinct from anything hitherto 
described. 
278. A. (Pleurotus) verrucarius, n. s.; pileo umbilicato gilvo tenui 
subfragili humido ; stipite solido firmo glabro ; lamellis pallide ochraceis 
latiusculis. Hook. fil., No. 20, cum ic. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, 7-8,000 feet. May, June. 
Pileus 4 inches or more across, umbilicate, or sometimes infundi- 
buliform, thin, rather brittle, moist, but not viscid, reddish-grey, 
sprinkled with conical black warts, which are crowded in the centres 
margin inflexed. Stem 1-2 inches high, À—1 inch thick, yellowish, 
smooth, firm, solid, yellowish; sometimes rough with jagged points, 
