



176 MB. GEOEGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOBE-E. 



A careful examination of authentic specimens of all the above 

 species, except S. Ostrea (where I have accepted the determination 

 of the Kev. M. J. Berkeley), shows that the species cannot be 

 separated from S. lobatum. In the last-named species the 

 thickness of the pileus, rugosity, and relative amount of villosity 

 ranges over all the characters of the species quoted as synony- 

 mous. The hymenium varies from bright ochraceous through 

 duller shades to cinereous. 



Pileus 3-5 inches across, often more or less lobed, usually 

 thin, but in some specimens thick and rigid; colour reddish 

 cinnamon or brownish, with darker zones more or less pro- 

 nounced. 



Stebeum involutum, Klotzsch. Coriaceum ; pileis csespitosis, 

 imbricato-concrescentibus, auriformibus, longitudinaliter striatis, 

 rugosis, azonis, basi in stipitem lateralem nigrum attenuatis ; 

 hymenio levi, nudo, violaceo-purpureo ; sporae globosse, 4 ft diam. 



in Linncea, vii. p. 499 : Fr. Fpicr. p. 546. (Specimen 



Klotzsch 



) 



On trunks. Mauritius ; Borneo ; New Guinea ; Malay 

 Peninsula ; Nilghiris ; Queensland ; Australia. 



Pilei 1-2 inches long, 1 inch or more broad, sometimes sub- 

 flabelliform, brownish with olive shades, becoming blackish 

 towards the base ; substance thin, rigid when dry ; surface 

 densely tomentose or velvety, becoming smooth ; hymenium 

 sometimes ochraceous-brown. 



Steeeum G-aleottii, Berk. Umbonato-sessile, parvum, con- 

 vexum, rigidum ; pileo cervino, velutino-tomentoso, crebrissime 

 badio-zonato ; zonis hie illic glabris, nitentibus ; hymenio cinereo- 

 alutaceo ; sporae globosae, 5 fi diam. — Berk, in Hook. Kew Journ. 

 Bot. iii. p. 15. (Type in Herb. Kew.) 



On wood. Mexico ; Brazil ; Vera Cruz. 



Pileus 1| inch broad, 1 inch long, subflabelliform, umbonato- 

 sessile, mostly convex above, slightly undulated, thin but rigid, 

 fawn-coloured, clothed with velvety down ; repeatedly zoned ; 

 zones mostly very close and narrow, frequently forming bay- 

 brown fasciae ; smooth and shining, alternating with paler. Hy- 

 menium tan-coloured, with a cinereous tinge. Undoubtedly 

 nearly allied to Stereum lobatum, Kunze, but a much smaller 

 and neater species, remarkable for its closely-zoned pileus. 

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