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where it becomes of a deep bay, more umber below. {Berkeley 

 Sf Cooke.) 



Stereum Miquelianum, Mont. Procemm ; pileo parvo, supra 

 castaneo, zonis obscurioribus notato, iafundibuliformi,inlacinias 

 paucas, erectas, simul concretas, flabelliformes, dein ad stipitem 

 usque longissimum lignosum usque diviso; hymenio glabro, 

 pallido.—Jfo/tf. in Amst. Tijds. Wetens. iv. (1851) 203; Syll. 

 Crypt. 584. 



On wood. Suri 



mam. 



Stebeum subinamense, Liv. Pileo coriaceo, inf undibuliformi 

 audo, fusco, subtus dilutiore; stipite hirsuto, sulcato, fusco. 

 Lev. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, i. p. 209. 



Surinam. 



Allied to Stereum elegans, differing in the hirsute stem and 

 absence of zones on the pileus. The same characters separate 



the present species from S. nitidulum, Berk. From 2-4 cm. 

 high. 

























Stebeum: pebgamentjm, Berk. Sf Curt. Pileo cyathiformi, rufo, 

 vix zouato, subtiliter lineato ; margine tenui, dentafco laceratove ; 

 stipite cylindrico hymenioque albidis vel pallide ochraceis ; sporae 

 ellipsoideae vel subglobosaj, 6-8 X 5-6 ft.— Berk. Sf Curt, in Grev. i. 

 p. 161.— Exs. : Eav. Fung. Car. 3. (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3742.) 



On decayed wood and branches. Alabama ; Amazon valley. 



Pileus 1-1| inch across, cup-shaped, bright rufous, not shining, 

 minutely lineate, very obscurely zoned; margin thin, often 

 toothed or laciniate ; stem 1-1 1 inch high, 1 line thick, whitish, 

 very minutely tomentose ; hymenium nearly of the same sub- 

 ochraceous tint. • {Berkeley, I. c.) 



The stem is very variable in length, sometimes almost obsolete, 

 w hen the pileus appears attached by a central discoid base. 

 Several plants often become confluent at the margin of the pilei. 



Stebeum capebatum, Massee. Mesopoda; pileo coriaceo- 

 menibranaceo, irregulariter infundibuliformi, rugoso-plicato, 

 ce ntro hirsuto fulvo ; margine eroso-fimbriato aut inciso; hy- 

 menio pallido, rugoso ; stipite centrali, crasso. tomentoso, 

 scutatim affixo ; spone ellipsoide®, hyalinse, 6-7 X 4-5 p.— Berk. 

 * Mont. Cent. vi. n. 69 ; Mont. Syll. Crypt, n. 579. (Type in 

 tferb. Berk. n. 3737.) 



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