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prumuloso, guttulis aqueis sordidis minutis iusperso, levi, piano 



vel spurie ruguloso-tuberculoso.— Speg. Fung. Fueg. p. 41, n. 101. 



On bark of Fagus antarcticus. Wood near Slogget Bay, Tierra 

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Corticiitm pellicula, P. Karst. Kotundatum vel effusum, 

 subadnatutn, ceraceo-membranaceum, valde tenue, indetermina- 

 tum, siccum rimoso-incisum, nonnumquam papiUis minutis, 

 irregulariter sparsis, glabrum, subtus subtiliter fibrillosum, 

 ambitu similari vel obsolete flocculoso-furfuraceo, lacteo-niveum ; 

 spons sphaeroideis, raro ellipsoideo-sphaeroideis, levibus, uniguttu- 



latis, 6-8 



Karst. Symb. My 



p. 5.— Athelia pellicula, Ghev. Fl. gen. Paris, i. p. 85, t. 6. f. 1 ? 

 On bark of fallen branches of Abies excelsa. Finland. 

 Related to Corticium granulosum, Bon. Hyph® 5-6 p thick. 



Coeticixjm portentosum, Berk. Sf Curt. Ochroleucum, 

 coutextu crasso, albo, molli, spongioso ; hymenio pallide ochraceo, 

 tuberculato glabro ; sporae ellipsoideae, 6x3-4 p.— Berk. Sf 

 Curt, in Grev. ii. p. 3. (Type in Herb. Berk. 4078.)— Exs.: 

 Ellis. & Everh., N. Amer. Fung. ser. 2, n. 1715. 



On wood. United States. 



Forming a thick mass on very decayed wood, spreading widely ; 

 substance soft, white, spongy ; hymenium tuberculate, smooth. 

 Some parts, however, are free from tubercles. (Berkeley.) 



Thick, pliant ; hymenium nodulose, pale ochre when dry. 



Cobticitjm punctulatum, Gooke. Late effusum, tenue, inde- 

 terminatum, subtus ambituque albo-floccosum ; hymenio primum 

 punctulato, demum glabro, hevi, siccitate pallido vel ochraceo ; 

 sporis globosis, 10 p diam.— Gooke in Grev. vi. p. 132. (Type 

 in Herb. Kew .) 



On pine chips, leaves, &c. Aiken, S. Carolina. 



niveum 



does 



~« pme cmps, leaves, &c. Alien, o. Carolina. 



In Cooke's diagnosis the remark " persis tenter -* 



not appear to be correct, as the type specimen is now pale 

 ochraceous. Spores very copious ; plant thin, often cracked, and 

 separating more or less as a film. Hymenium, when perfect, 

 w axy, but generally imperfect and spongy. Allied to 0. arach- 

 noideum, Berk. 



Cobticium pallescens, Massee. Late effusum, adglutina- 

 tum, grumoso -cartilagineu m, durum ; hymenio spurie papilloso, 



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