



106 MB. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOBE^. 



Broadly effused, adnate ; extreme margin free, sometimes 

 slightly curled ; substance rigid when dry ; hymenium rugose or 

 tuberculose, velvety, bright ferruginous, margin sometimes almost 

 orange. Closely resembling in general appearance Hymen ochate 

 rubiginosa, but readily distinguished by the very long setae and 

 narrowly cylindrical elongated spores. 



Htmenoch-ete Steyensoni, Berk. Sf Broome. Pallide cervina, 

 rigida, margine obtuso elevato ; setis rigidis, 20-40 X 8-10 n ; 

 sporae elliptico-f usoideae, 6-7 X 3-4 /u. — Berk, ty Broome in Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, iii. 1879, p. 211. (Type in Herb. Berk. 

 Kew. n. 3733.) 



On yew. Glamis, N. B. 



A very distinct species, with an abrupt margin, which is some- 

 times a little thickened or raised. Hymenium livid, or greyish 

 with tinge of lilac when dry. 



Hymenoch-Ete pellicula, Berk. Sf Broome. (PL V. f. 3.) 

 Resupinata, effusa, tenuissima, a matrice hie illic secernibilis, 

 rubiginoso-grisea ; margiue vix nullo vel tenerrimo ; setulis 

 crassis, acuminatis, 30-35 X 10/i; sporae ellipsoideae, 6 X 4 /*. 

 Berk. Sf Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xiv. p. 65. (Type 

 in Herb. Berk. n. 3725.) 



On bamboo. Ceylon ; United States. 



Forming an even, very thin, broadly effused stratum, brown, 

 with sometimes a grey or purple tinge ; setae often clear purple 

 by transmitted light. 



Hymenochjste ambiens, Berk. Sf Curt. Effusa, circum- 

 ambiens, tenuis, ocbraceo-f usca ; hymenio leviter velutino ; setis 

 cylindraceo-obtusis, 40-80 x 7-9 /i ; sporae eliipsoidese, 4-5 x3/i. 



Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 147. (Type in Herb. Berk, n.3691.) 



On bark of branches. New Jersey. 



Htmexoch^te agglutinans, Ellis. Arete adnata, determi- 

 nata, ambitu subtomentosa ; hymenio e flavo-rufescente ; setulis 

 cylindraceo-acutis, 60-90 x 7-8 /x ; sporae ellipsoideae, 7x5/i 

 Ellis in Bull Torr. Bot. v. no. 2, p. 46. — Ex*. : Thuem. Myc 

 Univ. 309. (Authentic specimen from Ellis in Herb. Kew.) 



United States. 



A well-marked species, and certainly a genuine Hymenochate. 

 Compact, determinate; margin downy, often completely sur- 

 rounding twigs or cementing two together by growing continu- 



ously rouud both. Hymenium pale, but often bright yellow 

 with ferruginous shades due to the setae. 































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