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ME. GEORGE MA8SEE ON THE THELEPHOUE-3B. 







acuto ; hymenio lineato-rugoso, velutino, umbrino, subrutilante ; 

 setis prominulis, subclavatis, 40-50 x5/i; sporae ellipsoide®, 

 6 x 3-4 fi. (Type in Herb. Kew.) 



Mexico. 



Pilei thin, 1-2 in. across, densely velvety, the pile arranged m 

 a porous sponge-like manner, pallid, when old almost white. 















Hyhenochjete attentjata, Lev. H. pileis imbricatis, coriaceis, 

 reflexis, strigoso-hirsutis, spadiceis basi attenuato-cucullatis, 

 zonis confertis obscurioribus ; hymenio tabacino, setuloso, setulis 

 90-100 X 10 n ; sporse ellipsoideae, 5-6 x 3-4 /*. — Lev. in Ann. Sci. 

 Nat. ser. 3, v. 1846, p. 152 ; Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 146.— Stereum 

 attenuatura, Lev. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, i. p. 212, (Specimen 

 from Leveille in Herb. Berk. n. 3696.) 



On trunks. Java. 



Adnate, with the margin free or reflexed, concentrically ridged ; 

 margin flexuous, strigose. Closely related to H. tabacina, but 

 distinguished by the imbricated pilei being attenuated at the 

 base. 



























HTMENOCHiETE kheicolor, Lev. Dimidiato-eaespitosa, sessilis 

 aut effuso-reflexa ; pileis imbricatis semiorbicularibus, tenuissime 

 papyrinis, supra velutinis, concentrice zonatis, zonis concolon- 

 bus, primo rhabarbarinis, tandem fuscescentibus ; hymenio sub- 

 striatulo, cinnamomeo, setuloso; setulis cylindraceo-acuminatis, 

 80-100X6-8 fi ; spor® ellipsoideae, 6-7X4 fi.— Lev. in Ann. Sci. 

 Nat. ser. 3, v. p. 151. — Stereum rheicolor, Mont, in Ann. Sci- 











Nat. ser. 2, xviu. p. 23. (Authentic specimen from Montagne m 

 Herb. Berk.) 







On wood. Nilghiris, India. 



Pilei 1-2 in. across, very thin ; closely resembling in general 

 appearance Sterum pulchrum and Hymenochcete late} for dis- 

 tinctive features, see under these species. 







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HxMENOCHiETE phcea, Berk. H. pileo dimidiato, sessile 

 tenui, eoriaceo-flexiH, zouato, breviter hirto, subvelutino, badio ; 

 hymenio aeque ac pileo sulcato, setuloso, ferrugineo ; setis sparsie* 

 conico-acuminatis, 30-50 X 6-7 ft; sporae subglobosae, 4 X 3 fx 



Grev 



taland, ii. p. 183. 

 On bark and wood. 



Stereum phoeum, Berk, in Hook. FI 

 (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3707.) 



Tasmania 



attached, imbricated. 3-4 



















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