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MR. GEOBGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHORE-E 



in Herb. Berk.) Stereum umbrinum, Berk. $ Curt. N.-Atner. 

 Fung., in Orev. i. p. 164, n. 240. (Type in Herb. Berk. Kew. 



n. 3710.) 



Bay. Funs:. Amer. 445 



On wood. Lower Carolina. 



Broadly effused and altogether adnate, or with numerous 

 pileoli springing from the adnate portion, often in an imbricated 

 manner ; frequently the pileoli or reflexed portions are exceedingly 

 narrow. Thin and soft. In some specimens the pileus is very 

 finely rimose, and the patches appear as if composed of numerous 

 confluent individuals. 



Htmenoch jste fulvella, Berk. <$f Curt. Effusa, subcoriacea, 

 lsete ferruginea, margiue lobato, interdum libero, subtus obscu- 

 riore ; hymenio velutino, hinc inde scruposo vel rimuloso ; setis 

 conico-acutis, 70-90 X 10-18 ju ; sporse ellipsoidese, 8x4 /a. — Berk. 

 4r Curt, in Grev. viii. p. 148. (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3721.) 



Ferruginous, adnate, broadly effused, often wrinkled or 

 cracked in patches on the hymenium. 



Hymenochjete pulcherrima, Massee, n. sp. (PI. V. £ *•) 

 Late effusa, adnata, margine determinato, subreflexo, subtus 

 croceo-fuscesceus, strigosa; hymenio colliculoso aspero, velu- 

 tino, cervino ; setis conico-acuminatis, 70-90 X 18-22 /x ; sporse 

 ellipsoidese, 4x3^. (Type in Herb. Berk. Kew. n. 3721 a.) 



On bark. Venezuela. 



Broadly effused, thin, adnate; margin free and sometimes 

 partly upturned, strigose and bright yellowish brown below. 

 Remarkable for the very thick conico-acuminate setae. 



Htmenochjete pebpusilla, Pat. Parva, 4-8 millim. lata, 

 orbicularis, coriacea, patulo-reflexa, brunneo-rubra ; margine 

 acuto, laevi, integro ; hymenio ochraceo-ferrugineo, laevi, setuloso ; 

 setulis brunneis, brevibus, ad marginem carentibus. — Batouillar»i 

 Champ. Nouv. Caledon. p. 5. 



On dead wood. New Caledonia. 

































HI. Re supinator, f Spora albce^ seta acuminates. 



Hymenochjete kigbescens, Cooke, in herb. (PI. V. f- *•) 

 H. pileis peltatis, applanatis, solitariis vel gregariis ac confluenti- 

 bus, rigidis, ambitu liberis subreflexis ; hymenio setuloso, e fusco- 



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