

MB. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHORE JB. 



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Htmenoch^te tristiuscula, Massee. Late effusa, arete 

 adnata, tenuis, hymenio obscure fuligineo, ambitu nigro ; setulis 



40-50 



Cor- 



ticium tristiusculum, Berk. <Sf Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) 

 xiv. p. 71. (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 4045.) 



On dead twigs. Ceylon. 



Broadly effused, hymenium smoky brown, sometimes with a 

 glaucous tinge, often cracked into minute areolae. With the 

 habit and general appearance of Peniophora cinerea. The 

 hymenium is described by Berkeley as " Isevissimo," nevertheless, 



chcete. 



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lignea, coffeicolor demum hie illic 1 , _. 



50-70x10-12^; sporae ellipsoideae, olivaeeae, 7X3 fi— Berk. Sf 

 Rav. in Grev. i. p. 165. (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3714.) 



Carolina, Florida. " On the rough bark of old elms. Form- 

 ing irregular patches of a coffee-brown, hard, woody, either 

 entirely resupinate or with the edge here and there slightly 



raised. 



R. 



Curt., a Cuban 





species of a far brighter tint." {Berkeley.) 



Thick, adnate, hard, following the undulations of the bark ; 

 determinate; thin-walled, pale-coloured, cystidia-like bodies 

 accompany the typical setae. Spores pale olive. 













































Htmestoch^te episphjsbia, Massee. Effusa, tenuissima, inde- 

 terminata; hymenio cinnamomeo, subvelutino; setulis sparsis, 

 «ylindraceis, 80-90 X8-10 fi ; sporae ellipsoidese, olivaceae, 7x 

 4 h- — Thelephora (Stereum) episphaeria, Schtoein. Syn. N. Amer. 



Fung. ; Fries, Elench. 225. (Specimen from Schweinitz in Herb. 

 Berk.) 



®n bark, running over a Spheeria. TJ. States. 



Effused, thin; margin indeterminate; hymenium cinnamon, 

 becoming tinged with olive; pulverulent under a lens; setae 

 scattered, cylindrical, apex obtuse. 



HYMENocHiETE MouGEOTii, Massee. (PI. V. f. 6.) Late 

 effusa, arida, determinata, adnata, obscure sanguineo-rubra ; 





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setuli 



enio incrustando imequali, siccitate rimuloso, pruinato; 



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sparsis, conicis, 30-60X5-6 /i ; «por« fusoideo-ellip- 





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