162 DECADES OF FUNGI, 



Hab. On dead wood near the ground. Paras Nath. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Old dead specimens, 5 inches in diameter, 



433. P. (Inodermei) pictilis, n. s. ; pileo subflabelliformi verticc affixo 

 subtiliter velutino mnltizonato, zonis glabrescentibus ; contextu postice 

 snbochraceo ; poris brevibus ochraceisj dissepimentis rigidiusculls, acie 

 acuta submcmbranacea. 



Hab. On dead birch, 12,000 feet. East Nepal. (Dr. Hooter.) 



Pileus 1 1 inch or more broad, 1 inch long, thin, very rigid and con- 

 tracted when dry, minutely velvety, marked with numerous narrow 

 concentric ochraceous zones, which are at length smooth. Hymenium 

 ochraccous ; pores -^^ of an inch across ; dissepiments rather rigid ; edge 

 acute, at length submembranaceous and minutely toothed, 



Nearly allied to some forms of P. versicolor^ but, from its great con- 

 traction, the substance is probably more fleshy, and the whole appear- 

 ance resembles that of P. zonalis, 



* P. versicolor y Pr. 



Hab. Nangki, East Nepal, alt. 9000 feet. Darjeeling. (Dr. Hooker.) 

 Beautifully zoned ; pores larger than usual, -5^ of an inch across ; 



in the European forms about ■^. 



There are also magnificent specimenSj with smaller pores, from Lec- 



bong. 



* P. Nil(/he7'rensis^ Mont. 



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



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P, elo7igatm^ T^erk. 



Hab. Leebong, 7000 feet. (Dr. Hooker.) 



A velvety form was gathered on Pai^as Nath. 



434. P. (Inodermei) Nepalensis^ n. s. \ candidus, carnoso-mollis ; pileo 

 flabelliformi cute tenuissima glabra vestito ; poris mediis dissepimentis 

 tenuissimis, acie acuta. 



Hab. On dead wood. Nangki, East Nepal, alt. 10,000 feet. 



White. Pileus 2 inches across, nearly IJ long, flabelliform, thin, 



fleshy, covered with a thin smooth cuticle. Pores about ^ of an inch 



across; dissepiments extremely thin, almost membranaceous when dry; 



edge acute. 



Allied io Poly par m piihesceMy but very distinct. The middle-sized 

 delicate pores, smooth surface, and thin substance, distinguish it from 

 all other species. As regards general appearance it may be compared 

 P. virginem^ Schwein. 



