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100 MB. GEOBOE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOBE-E. 



Hymenoch^te Kunzeii, Massee. H. pileo dimidiato, sessili, 

 ceriaceo-membranaceo, tenui, rigido,fragili, fusco, sericeo-velutmo 

 marginato, zonis minutis concoloribus ; hymenio subtiliter velu- 

 tino, f errugineo ; setulis tenuibus, cylindraceo-acuminatis, 40-50 

 X 10-12 /li ; sporse ellipsoidese, 10 x 5 /*. — Hymenochsete Kunzeii, 

 Hook. Bot. Miscell. ii. p. 163, t. Ixxxv. Thelephora badia, 

 Kunze, in Weig. Exs. Turin (not of Hooker). — Exs. : Spruce, 

 Lichenes Araazonici et Andini, 797, (Specimen from Kunze in 

 Herb. Kew.) 



Surinam ; Bahia ; Amazon valley. 



About 2 inches long, 2-3 inches broad; pileus ferruginous, 

 shining, velvety, slightly zoned ; hymenium ochraceous, covered 

 with ferruginous setae. 



Htmenochjete Cacao, Berk. Tabacina, pileis imbricatis con- 

 nato-flabelliformibus, plicatis zonatis strigosis ; hymenio concolore 

 subtiliter setuloso, setulis cylindraceo-acuminatis, 30-40 X 5-6 p ; 

 spor® ellipsoideae, 7x4/z. — Berk, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 (Bot.) i. p. 403, pi. xlvi. figs. 1-3.— Stereum Cacao, Berk, in 

 Book. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. p. 169. (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3697.) 



On dead timber. Khasia Mts. {Dr. Hooker). 



Forming dense orbicular patches, 3 inches or more in diameter, 

 closely imbricated ; pilei thin but rather rigid, flabelliform, con- 

 nate, deeply lobed and plicate, furrowed with a few zones, of a 

 rich chocolate-brown, velvety ; hymenium marked with a fe w 

 concentric ridges, of the same colour as the pileus, minutely 

 setulose. A very pretty species, allied to S. rubiginosum, but 

 far more minutely setulose than its allies (Berk.). 



Thin, strigose, becoming smooth, rugulose from base to margin, 

 and concentrically zoned, chocolate colour all over ; densely 

 imbricated. 



Htmenoch^te ASpfeBA, Berk. $ Cart. Eubiginosa ; pil eo 

 dimidiato imbricato zonato innato-fibroso, fibris fa^ciculatis pontic 

 reticulars; hymenio colliculoso aspero; setulis tenuibus acumi- 

 nata, 40-50 x 5-6 /i ; sporse ellipsoidese, 4x2/i. — Berk. Sf Curt, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. p. 334. (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3703.) 



On rotten wood. Venezuela ; Cuba. 



Large, imbricated, 3-4 inches across ; spongy and pliant when 

 dry, thickly covered with bright yellow, long, pliant spm e8 > 

 margin fimbriate; hymenium irregularly tuberculose, dark fer- 

 ruginous brown, often with yellow spines bursting through from 

 the pileus. 



















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