

172 ME. GEOBGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOBE-E. 



Stebeum spectabile, Klotzsch. Subauriforme, umbonato- 

 sessile, papyraceo-coriaceum; pileo flabelliformi, profunde lobato, 

 concentrice zonato, saturate cervino, badio-variegato, evanescenti- 

 hirto, apice minutissime finibriato, marginibus inflexis ; hymenio 

 levi, glabro, e fuscescente glauco. — Klotzsch, Fung. orb. terr. cir- 

 curnnav. Meyen Coll. p. 238, t. 5. f. 2. 



On trunks. Manilla and Mauritius. 



Pileus 2*5 centim. high, and broad at the apex. 



Stebeum aefine, Lev. 8. pileo reniformi vel flabellato nudo 

 castaneo, zonis obscurioribus, margine aeutissimo; hymenio 

 glabro, rufo-cameo ; stipite tenui , velutino, fulvo, peltato-dilatato. 



Lev. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, i. p. 210. 



On trunks. Java ; Sumatra. 



From 2-4 centim. high ; pileus membranaceous, very coria- 

 ceous, elastic, usually reniform. 



Tulasne says that if the present species had a porous hyme- 

 nium it would be an exact representation of Polyporus ajfinis : 

 hence the specific name. 



Stebeum ctpuelloides, Berk. Sf Curt. Parvum, pallide ochra- 

 ceum ; pileo flabelliformi, subzonato, subtiliter depresso-tomen- 

 toso, rugoso-striato, in stipitem brevem spuriumve angustato; 

 hymenio laevi, pallido ; sporse globose, 4 ft diam. — Berk. <$f Curt. 

 " T ~ Linn. Soc. (Bot.) x. p. 331. (Type in Herb. Berk. 



On the ground amongst moss. Cuba. 



Very thin, and contracting when dry. Largest specimen | in. 

 wide and 2 lines long, 



Stebeum spongiosum, Massee, n. sp. S. pileo dimidiato, postice 

 incrassato, umbrino vel cinnamomeo, spongiosc-tomentoso, con- 

 textu umbrino; hymenio ochraceo, rimoso; spone ellipsoideae, 

 6-7 X 4 ft. — Stereum Micheneri, Berk. Sf Curt, in Grev. i. p. 162 

 (in part). (Type in Herb. Berk. n. 3817 a.) 



On slender twigs. Pennsylvania and S. Carolina. 



Dimidiate, subreniform, from 1-3 inches across, growing from 

 small twigs, often imbricate, very much incrassated at the base, 

 where the larger specimens are ^ inch thick or more. Substance 

 spongy when dry. 



Stebeum vebsicolob, Ft. Umbonato-sessile, submembra- 

 naceum ; pileo postice subeffuso applanato villoso, zonis margine- 



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