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oblique, bordered all round. Pores minute. Sometimes^ in conse- 

 quence of lateral confluence, several individuals combine into a cyathi- 

 form mass. 



Allied to P. tomentosiis^ but harder, and with an essentially lateral 

 stem. It is also allied to P. spatJmlatum. 



420. P. (Pleuropus) sqtmma^formis^ n. s. ; pileo reniformi brevissime 



stipitato tenui castaneo subtiliter virgato subzonato sericeo-nitido ; mar- 



gine tenuissimo subtus sterili, hymenio pallido; poris mediis postice 



dentato-elongatis. 



Hab. On dead wood. Kliasia Mountains. (Dr. Hooker.) A single 

 specimen only. 



Pileus If of an inch across, 1 inch long, reniform, with a very short 

 disciform stem, wood -coloured, shaded with chestnut, and minutely 

 virgate, subzonate, with a few slight radiating depressions, smooth, 

 with a silky lustre. Edge extremely thin, barren beneath, hymenium 

 pale. Pores -^ of an inch across, dissepiments rather rigid, elongated 

 behind into a sharp tooth. 



This species had somewhat the aspect of P. modestus^ but the hy- 

 menium is altogether different. No species can be more distinct. 



Tab. YII., fig. 3. 



* P.JlabelliformtSy Klotzsch. 



Hab. Sikkim; Leebong, 6000 feet, (Dr. Hooker.) No. 133. 



421. P. (Merisma)^«»^w^a^/5, n. s.; pileo convexo subtiliter tomen- 

 toso contextuque crasso igneo; stipite nuUo; hymenio flavo; poris 

 mediis brevibus. Hook. fil. Ic, No. 10. 



Hab, On dead wood. Sikkim; Darjeeling, 7500, (Dr, Hooker.) 

 Pilei 5 inches across, 2 inches long, flocculent, convex, imbricated, 

 bright flame-coloured, as is also the thick substance. Edge acute. 

 Pores yellow, here and there tinged with red, short, middle-sized. 



The substance splits in drying, and becomes of a deep yellowish um- 

 ber, as does the whole fungus. I do not understand the affinities of 

 this species. Its colours are those of P. sulfureus, but it is not closely 

 allied to it. 



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P. adustus, Pr. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, 7000 feet. (Dr. Hooker.) 



422. P. (Anodermei) digitalis, n, s. ; pileo carnoso lente tenui digi- 



taliformi vertice affixo subzonato subvelulino ochraceo ; hymenio con- 



colore; poris miuutis augulatis ; acie subintegra. 



