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MB. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOREJB. 





tinge, 

 lowing 



Broadly effused, fol- 



becoming 



the hymenium ; sometimes when old altogether dirty cinnamon. 



HYMENOcniETE olivacea, Coohe. Effusa, atro-olivacea, rugosa, 

 velutina, margine tenuiore pallidiore ; setis cylindraceis vel eub- 

 clavatis, pallidis, 40-60 X 8-10 fx ; sporse ellipsoidese, 6 X 4 n 

 Grev. xiv. p. 11. (Type in Herb. Kew.) 



On branches. Australia (Toorvoomba) . 



Somewhat resembling H. umbrina, but distinguished by the 



pale byssoid or fibrillose margin and the different spores 



Hymenochlete Kalchbeennebt, Massee 



Brunnea, 



crassiuscule membranacea, late effusa, laxe matrici adnata; 

 margine subdeterminata, repanda ; hymenio velutino ; setulis 

 cylindraceis vel subclavatis, iuterdum asperulis, 80-90 X 6-8 /ij 

 sporae ellipsoidese, 7 x 4-5 /u. — JSxs. : (Thuem. Myc. Univ. 1504) 

 under the name of Corticium murinum, comm. P. Karst. 



On dead trunk of Eucalyptus. Australia (Victoria). 



Broadly effused, thin, almost separable ; hymenium velvety, 

 brown, with sometimes a tinge of purple. Setae coloured, thin- 

 walled, blunt, or sometimes slightly incrassated upwards, and 

 in some instances more or less rough with minute granules ot 



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\ime.-r-Corticium murinum, Berk. & Curt., is a Coniophora. 



Hymenoch^te modesta, Massee. Orbicularis, demum corf- 

 fluendo-lobata, contextu pallido subluteo, margine breviter 



griseo 



20-30 



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X 8/i ; sporse oblongo-ellipsoideae, 8x6 ^. — Corticium modestum 

 Berk. Sf Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xiv. p. 69. (Type 

 in Herb. Berk. n. 3962.) 



On dead wood. Cevlon. 



Commencing as small circular patches, which soon become 

 confluent ; margin byssoid or sometimes radiato-strigose ; hyme- 



nium ochraceous with ashy tinge, margin paler; setse small, pale 



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IV. Veluticep s. Setce fasciculated. 



Htmenochjstb velutioeps, Berk. Dimidiata, dura, coriacea, 

 sulcato-zonata, velutina, glabrescens ; pileo brunneo ; hymenio 













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