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broadly reflexed and dimidiate, 14 inch long, 2 inchés broad, some- 
times laterally confluent, of a vinous brown, irregularly zoned, clothed 
with spongy down, which is sometimes collected into little tufts. 
Hymenium darker and of a purer brown, sometimes showing the 
impression of the zones of the upper surface; even towards the 
margin, but marked behind with little raised irregular lines. 
Certainly the finest and most highly developed species of the 
genus. The spongy coat gives consistence to the pileus, in conse- 
quence of which it is strongly reflected. 
346. Stereum rimosum, n. s.; umbonato-sessile coriaceum ; pileo 
zonato subtiliter pubescente radiato ruguloso; hymenio pallido hic 
illie lutescente rimoso. 
Has. On vegetable soil, old trees, &e. Darjeeling, 7,500 feet. 
Coriaceous, but probably when fresh of a more watery texture than 
others, in consequence of which it is minutely wrinkled longitudinally 
when dry; 1 inch or more long, 2-3 inches broad, umbonate, sessile, 
effused behind, wood-coloured, with brown fascie and numerous 
narrow zones minutely tomentose, wrinkled longitudinally. Hymenium 
whitish, here and there assuming a yellow tinge, much cracked, with 
the fissures silky within. 
Undoubtedly allied to S. Ostrea and Zobatum, but differing in its 
cracked, pale hynienium and other points. It is a very pretty species. 
* S. purpureum, Fr. Ep. p. 548. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, 7—8,000 feet. 
* S. hirsutum, Fr. Ep. p. 549. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, 7,000 feet. 
* S. spadiceum, Vr. l.c. Hook. fil., No. 94, cum ie. 
Has. With the former, but more abundant. 
It is not always easy to distinguish between dried specimens of these — 
two species, as the main distinctive character is only visible in the fresh 
plant. The most certain point is the depressed pubescence and shining 
more closely zoned pileus of $. spadiceum, as distinguished from the - 
hirsute dull surface of S. hirsutum. No certain dependence can be 
placed on the colour of the hymenium. 
* S. bicolor, Fr. Ep. p. 549. 
Has. On dead wood. Darjeeling, 7,000 feet. 
Exactly like specimens from North America, gathered by Schweinitz 
and others. 
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