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MR. GBOBGK MASSEE ON THE THELEPHORE^- 







Effused, thin; margin generally indeterminate, sometimes 

 whitish and minutely byssoid; hymenium olivaceous with a 

 brown or ferruginous tinge, sometimes cracked in an areolate 



manner. 



Hymenoch^te mtjltispinulosa, Peck. Resupinata, obscure 

 rufescenti-brunnea, ambitu pallidiore ; hymenio velutino 



areo- 



lato-rimoso ; setis rectis vel leviter flexuosis, confertis, 50 X HO f* 

 longis.— Peck in CouU. Bot. Gaz. vii. (1882), p. 54. 

 On rotten wood. Arizona ; United States. 



Hym 



Latissime effusa, nun- 



^b mm 9 » 



quam reflexa, tenaciter ac subcrustaceo-adnata, tenuis, ob matrices 

 inaequalitatem undulata ac line inde scrupulosa, pulchre ciuerea, 

 densiuscule ac minute piloso-punctulata ; margine subindeter- 

 minato, zona tenuUsima fibrilloso-subaurantiaea, tomentosulo- 

 aurantia v. gossypino-cinnamomeo-fulvo ornata ; setulse hymenii 

 e strato mycelio fibroso-subcartilagineo cinnamomeo exsurgentes, 

 cylindraceo-conicae, apice acutiusculo, nudo v. calcareo ruguloso- 

 aspero (60-80x12-14), basi non incrassatse, continue v. rarius 

 pauciseptatae, crassse tunicatae, sanguineo-fuliginese; sporae ellip- 

 ticae, saepius inaequilaterales, utrinque obtusae, rotundatae (6-7 X -) 

 byalinae. 



Spegazzini, Fung. Argentina 

 On rotten willow-trunks. Palermo. 



Hymenoch-ste tricolor, Berk. Sf 



Curt. Adnata, resupinata, 



7 - , , , aequabilis, rimosa, margine 



leviter pulvinato ; intus e basi badia concolor ; setulis gracilibus, 

 acuminatis, 40-50 x 5 fi; sporae ellipsoideae, 6x4//. — Berk, fy 



Linn 



(Type 



in 



Herb. 



Berk. n. 3728.)— Hymenochsete spreta, Peck, ZOth Rep. New 



Mus 

 On dead trees. Cuba. 



Thick ; broadly effused, becoming abruptly thin and minutely 

 radiato-fibrillose at the margin ; hymenium brown, cracked. 



Hymenochjste toxia, Berk, in herb. Latissime effusa, teoa- 

 citer ac subcrustaceo-adnata ; margine subindeterminato ; by memo 

 umbrino-brunneo, leviter velutino ; setulis cylindraceo-cooicis, 



psoidese, 7 X 4 /u. (Type in Herb. Berk. 



40- 



n. 3729.) 



Samoa, 

 injury to 



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