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lato; hymenio glabro, cinnamomeo ; sporae ellipsoideae, 7 X 3 p. 



dephora pulchra, Schtoeinitz, MS. and specimen in Herb. 

 Berk.) Stereum laetuin, Berk. Sf Curt, in Journ. Acad. Nat. 

 Set., April 1853, p. 279 (pro parte). 



On rotten wood. Surinam. 



Superficially almost exactly resembling Hymenochcete lata, 

 Berk., but a true Stereum. Pileus 1^-2 in. long, one inch or less 



broad. 



H. rheicolor* Mont 



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Stereum percome, Berk. Sf Broome. E resupinato reflexum, 

 papyraceum ; pileo zonato, spongioso, hispido ; margine tenuis- 

 simo ; hymenio concentrice sulcato, cervino-rufo, velutino ; sporae 

 ellipsoideae, 6x4 /x. — Berk. Sf Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 (Bot.) xiv. p . 65. (Type in Herb. Berk. 3819.) 



On dead wood. Central Province, Ceylon ; Cape. 



Thin, often broadly effused owing to several plants becoming 

 confluent ; at first orbicular with a delicate white margin ; fixed 

 by all the under surface except the free upturned strigose 

 margin ; hymenium minutely velvety, cinnamon. The substratum 

 became reddish when treated with potassic hydrate. 











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Stereum pannosum, Cooke. S. pileo coriaceo, rigido, effuso- 

 reflexo, cinereo, subzonato, hirsuto; hymenio nudo, glabro, 

 radiato-rimoso laceratove, cinereo, demum pruinoso; sporae ellip- 

 soideae, 5-6x3-4,*.— Cooke, Oreo. viii. p. 56. 



On bark of trees. N. Zealand. 



Effused for three or four inches, with the margin torn and 

 split, separable, slightly reflexed above and villous; entirely 

 cinereous. 



Stereum pictum, Berk, in herb. S. pileo coriaceo-membranaceo, 

 umbonato-sessili, vel postice effuso, cinereo, villoso, zonis mar- 

 gmeque glabrescentibus badiis ; hymenio pallido-ochraceo dein 

 cmerascente j sporae ellipsoideae, 7 X 5 /i. 



On wood. Brazil. 



A large and fine species. Pileus 3-4 inches long, thin, rigid 

 when dry, densely velvety, with margin and somewhat crowded 

 ^~-vn zones becoming glabrous. Allied to S. versicolor, but 







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