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nigrescente ; setulis conicis nigrieantibus, 80-140 x 10-12 /i ; 

 spora? ellipsoideae, 10 X 5 p. (Type in Herb. Kew.) 



On dry wood. Britain. 



Adnate ; margin free, sometimes upturned, almost smooth and 

 greyish below. Commencing as circular patches, which usually 

 soon become confluent. Often radially cracked through the 

 entire substance. Hymenium blackish umber, setulose ; set© 

 almost black and opaque, numerous. 



HrMEisrocHiETE crocata, Lev. Coriacea, fir ma, ferrugineo- 

 pallens, pileo effuso ; margine tenui, undique anguste reflexo, 

 subtus strigoso-tomentoso, intus filamento^o croceo; hymenio 

 pallido, setulis sparsis ferrugineis punctato ; setulis cylindraceis, 

 apice acuminatis, 70-100x6-8 u; 



6x2-3 /i 



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sporae ellipsoideo-fusoidefiB, 



; Orev. viii. p. 145. 

 Thelephora Cerasi, 



Hym. Eur. p. 641. 

 Exs. : Eav. Fung. Amer. 123. 

 on* ! TTiiited States : Mexico 



Pers. Myc. Eur. p. 125 



On trunks &c. S. L 

 zuela; Ceylon. 



Sometimes entirely adnate, and margin almost indeterminate ; 

 in young specimens the margin is often free, upturned, strigose, 

 citron or orange, becoming smoother and duller in colour 

 with age. 





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Hymenoch.ete duba, Berk. 6f Curt. Eesupinata, orbicularis, 

 craasa, rigida, ferrugineo-rhabarbarina, margine obtuso ; hymenio 

 l*vi ; setulis acuminatis, 30-35 X 6-7 /i ; sporae ellipsoidese, 5 X 

 3 p.— Berk. Sf Curt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) x. p. 334.— 

 ■&».: Fung. Cub. Wrightiani, 422. (Type in Herb. Berk, 

 n. 3719.) 



On wood and bark. Cuba ; Jamaica ; Ceylon. 



Consisting of thick, small, irregular patches, with the pale 

 margin abrupt and free ; hymenium cinnamon, tinged ferrugi- 

 n °us ; seta? rare, sometimes almost entirely absent. 



Hymenoch^te tasmantca, Massee, n. sp. (PI. V. f. 2.) 

 Latissime effusa, crustaceo-adnata, crassiuscula ; margine tenu- 

 »ore pallidiore, demum leviter libero ; hymenio rugoso-tnbercu- 

 loso, velutino, ferruginoso, margine pallidiore ; setulis longissimis, 

 subcylindraceis rel basi inflatis, 100-200 X 8-10 /x ; sporae sub- 

 cylindracea? utrinque obtusissima, 7 X 3 /i. (Type in Herb. Berk. 







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