

118 MB. GEOKGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOBKE. 



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by Berkeley since the species was first established show every 

 transition from the Hypochnoid form to that of a perfect Corti- 

 cium, with a waxy thin hymenium extending continuously for 

 several inches. 





A. Ambitu libera, determinate marginata 



SALTCINTTM 



f Fr. (PL VI. fig. 1.) Coriaceum,molle, 

 siccum rigidum, centro adfixum, margine ubique reflexo, extus 

 albo-villosum ; hymenio persistenter sanguineo-rubro, sicco con- 

 tigu 



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Sym. Eur. 647 ; P. Karst. Myc. Fenn. 310 ; Wint. Krypt. Ft. 

 339 ; Stev. Brit. Fung. 273 ; Ic. Sel. Hym. Fennia, P. Karsten, 

 p. 6, f. x. — Thelephora cruenta, Alb. et Schw. 277. Peziza 



Wahlerib 



Fries 



in Herb. Berk. n. 3953.)— Exs. : Fuckel, F. Rhen. 1593 ; Tbuem. 

 Myc. Univ. 114 ; Ellis, N. Amer. Fung. 609 ; P. Karsten, Fung. 

 Fenn. 42 and 316. 



On willow, rarely on poplar. N. Europe (Forres, N.B.); 

 N". America. 



Pezizoid when young, often becoming effused and irregular, 

 but margin always upturned. Hymenium smooth, blood-red, 

 white below, minutely villous or pulverulent, due to minute 

 crystals, often becoming almost glabrous. When dry thin and 

 subcartilaginous. 



Coeticitjm deglubens, Berk. Sf Curt. Tenue, papyraeeum, 

 secernibile, subtus candidum ; hymenio hBvissimo, ochraceo; sporse 

 ellipsoidese, 10 x 6-7 p.— Berk. $ Curt, in Grev. i. p. 166. (Type 

 in Herb. Berk. n. 3955.) 



On juniper. Alabama. 



"At first resupinate, with a very narrow white byssoid margin, 

 soon detached, white beneath, like kid leather ; hymenium honey- 

 coloured, very even and continuous." {Berkeley.) 



Margi 



a thin firm pellicle; 



hymenium waxy, continuous, brownish ochre. 



Coeticium evolvens, Fr. (PI. VI. fig. 4.) Eesupinatum, mar- 

 ginatum vel effuso-reflexum, molle, subtus tomento albido floccu- 

 losum, azonum ; hymenio nudo, glabro, subrugoso, fusco-expal- 

 lente, siccitate rimoso-partito ; sporse ell ipsoidese, 10-12x5 f 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p 646; Cooke, Randb. i. 320 ; Stevens, Brit 



























































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