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Decadijs of Fungi; hj the Eev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



Decades XLIV.-XIiVI, 



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Polyponis cinnalarimis^ Yt, 

 Hab. On dead wood. East Nepal (Dr. Hooker.) 



* P. scruposuSy Fr. 



Hab. Iwa river. East Nepal. Dec. 13, Soanc river, Beliar. (Dr. 

 Hooker.) There is also a form from Eatong river, 7000 feet; gathered 

 January 6 ; distinguished by the strigose fasciculate hairs with which 

 it is clothed, somewhat after the fashion of Trametes hjdnoidea, 



431. P. (Inodermei) xeranticiis^ n. s. ; pileo dimidiato-rcflcxo tenui 

 coriaceo-flexili tabacino zonato rugoso subsericeo; coutextu avireo; 

 poris parvis angulatls, dissepimentis tenuibus. 



Hab. On charred wood. Leebong. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Pileus 1-3 inches across, |-f of an inch long, reflected, feiTuginons, 

 here and there tinged with yellow, of a soft flexible coriaceous consis- 

 tence, more or less zoned, and rugose with impressed furrows, soft to 

 the touch, but scarcely silky. Substance yellow. Pores small, y\ of 

 an inch across, angular; dissepiments thin, edge acute, slightly toothed, 

 wood-coloured, bnt acquiring a foxy tint when dry or old, resembling 

 in general appearance Stereum fernigineum. The back is often marked 

 with spots similar to those on the margin of P. drr/adeus. 



432. P. (hxodiQxmd) favidus, n. s.; pileo subrcniformi tenui flavido- 

 fiilvo zonis brunneolis picto radiatim nigoso velutino ; poris minutis 



fciTugineis ; contextu flavo, 



Hab. Ou dead wood. East Nepal. (Dr. Hooker.) 

 Pileus 2| inches across, \\ long, slightly imbricated, subreniform, 

 tliin, rigid and brittle when dry, rough with raised radiating wrinkles, 

 of a dull tawny, adorned with narrow brownish zones clothed with 

 short /elvety pubescence ; edge very acute ; substance yellow. Pores 

 ferruginous, -^ of an inch across, moderately long, angular ; dissepi- 

 ments thin. 



A very elegant species, calling to mind P. Splitgerheri by the colour 



of the substance of the pileus. 



P. caperatus^ Klotzsch. 



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