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repeatedly zoned, clothed with coarse pubescence, which is 

 collected into little fascicles. Hymenium unequal, rather yel- 

 lower than the pileus. Nearly allied to Thelephora attenuate*, 

 Lev., Stereum luteo-badium, Kze., and some other similar forms, 

 but distinct from all in its very flexible pileus, coarser pubescence, 

 and redder tint. (M. J. Berkeley.) 



Htmenoch^te avellan a, Cooke. Coriacea, dura ; pileo effuso 

 margineque obtuso, libero, anguste reflexo, spadiceo villoso ; 

 hymenio lsevi e velutino pruinato glabratoque ferrugineo- 

 pallente (passim cruentato) ; setulis cylindraceis, obtusiusculis, 

 80-140 x 7-9 /i ; sporse cylindraceo-ellipsoideaB, 6-7 x3 /i. 

 Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 146. — Stereum avellanum, Fr. Epicr. 551 ; 

 Hym. Eur. 462. Thelephora juratensis, Pers. Myc. Eur. p. 125. 

 (Specimen from Fries in Herb. Berk. n. 3692.) 



On hazel, beech, &c. Britain ; Europe ; New England. 



Patches small as a rule, sometimes effused ; margin free all 



dry 



pruinose. 















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'MENocHiETE FERRUGiNEA, Massee. Coriaceo-rigida, tenuis, 

 tenax, fusco-ferruginea ; pileo effuso reflexoque, dense concen- 



trice 



glabrato ; hymenio nudo, levi, 



subtilissime velutino ; setulis sparsis, acuminato-conicis, 40-60 

 X 6-8 



B ull. Champ 



hi sporse ellipsoidea*, 6 X 3-4 /u.— Auricularia ferruginea, 



t. 378. Stereum ferrugineura, Fr. Epicr. 550 ; 



(Specimen from Fries in Herb. Berk. n. 3805.) 

 °n old pine and other wood. Europe ; Brazil ; Ceylon ; New 

 Zealand. 



Often densely imbricated, thin, flexible ; hymenium when dry 

 ceo-cinnamon, inner texture same colour. Superficially 



ochra 



H. 







spores and hymenium appearing almost smooth under a lens. 



Htmenoch^te imbricatula, Lev. Kesupinato-effusa, inter- 

 num in pileolos crebros imbricatos porrecta; margine subiculoque 

 sordide luteis, apongioso-tomeutosis ; hymenio umbrino ; setis 

 conico-acutis vel subclavatia. intflrduni asDerulis, 30-60 X 8-10 /i ; 



8 Porae ellipsoidea?, 7 x O yu. _. _.... . . 



Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 146.— Thelephora (Stereum) imbricatula, 

 Schw. Syn. N.-Amer. Fung. n. 637. (Specimen from Schweinitz 



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