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Couticium calceum, Fr. Late effusum, adglutinatuin, cera- 

 eeum, glaberrimum, album, ambitu siniilari ; hymenio laevi, sicco 

 nmoso, pallido ; sporae cylindraceo-ellipsoideae, 8x4 fx. — Fr. 

 Hym. Fur. p. 652 ; Berk. Outl. 274 ; Cooke, Handb. i. 323 ; 

 Stevens. Brit. Fung. 277 ; Wint. Krypt. Fl. 335 ; P. Karst. 

 Fung. Fenn. 314. (Specimen from Fries in Herb. Berk. Kew. 

 3987.)— Fxs. : Eav. Fung. Amer. 126, 227, & 720; Ellis, Fung. 

 N. Jersey, 3139 & 3156 ; Fuekel, Fungi Ehenani, 1308 ; P. Karst. 

 Fung. Fenn 133 & 953; Eoum. Fung. Gall. Sel. 506, 802, & 

 2511 ; Thuem. Fung. Austr. 824, 923, & 720 ; Bav. Fung. Car. 4 ; 

 Thuem. Myc. Univ. 807. 



On wood. Britain,- Europe; N. America; Cuba; Venezuela; 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Thin, effused, margin determinate ; liymenium smooth, polished, 

 pallid, whitish with tinge of lilac, or pale ochre when dry, some- 

 times continuous, at others cracked. 



Corticium sebum, Fr. Late effusum, incrustans, tenue, album, 

 recens carnosum, glabrum, pruinosum, dein siccatumque floccu- 

 loso-fatiscens, papillis rotundis, cougestis, aequalibus ; sporae 

 ellipsoideae, 12-15 x 8-9 fx.—Fr. Hym. Fur. 652 ; Wint. Krypt. 

 Fl. 328 ; Stevens. Brit. Fung. 283 ; P. Karst. Myc. Fenn. 

 Thelephora sera, Pers. Syn. 580. Lyomyces serus, P. 

 •Bee. Myc. iii. p. 23.— Exs. : Thuem. Myc. Univ. nn. 1909 and 

 22 06; Roum. Fung. Gall. 2211. 



Effused, adnate, very fibrous below, and frequently so all over 

 w hen barren ; hymenium when perfect waxy, cracked ; margin 

 radiating, byssoid, pallid ochraceous when dry. 



Cobticium sebaceum, Massee. Effusum, carnoso-ceraceum, 

 mdurescens, incrustando versiformis tuberculoso vel stalactitia, 

 albida, ambitu similari ; hymenio collabente, floeculoso-pruinoso ; 

 8 Porse ellipsoideae, basi apiculataa, 14-16 X 7-9 /x— Thelephora 

 sebacea, Fr. Hym. Fur. 637; Berk. Outl. t. 17. f. 6; Fl. Ban. 

 *■ 1302 ; Cooke, BZandb. n. 904. Thelephora sebacea et incrustans, 

 Pert. Myc. Eur. I p. 135.— Fxs. : Fuekel, Fung. Ehen. 1324 ; 

 R oum. Gall. 2805 ; Thuem. Myc. Univ. 2009. 



On the ground, or running up grass, twigs, and various sub- 

 stances. Britain ; Europe ; N. America. 



Whitish, rather pulpy when fresh. ; the hymenium, when per- 

 fectly formed, smooth and waxy, becoming pallid when dry. 



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