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Stebeum pubfubeum, Pers. Coriaceo-molle ; pileo efiuso- 

 reflexo, subimbricato, zonato, villoso-tomentoso, pallido albidove ; 

 hymenio nudo, laevi, glabro, purpurascente ; sporse ellipsoidese, 

 7-8 X 4 fi. — Pers. Obs. Myc. ii. p. 92 ; Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 6c 

 Thelephora purpurea, Hussey, i. t. 20 ; Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 440. 

 Auricularia reflexa, Bull. t. 483. Auricularia persistens, Sow. 

 Eng. Fung. t. 388.— Exs. : Westendorp, Herb. Or. Belg. 431 ; 

 Ellis & Everb. N. Amer. Fung. ser. 2, 1714 ; Tbuem. Eung. 

 Austr. 820, 920 ; Euckel, Eung. Ehen. 1322 ; P. Karst. Eung. 

 Eenn. 128 ; Cooke, Brit. Eung. ed. 2, 12 ; Eoum. Eung. Gall. 

 2807; E^otzscb, Herb. Myc. (Eab.), 504; Syd. Myc. March. 

 916; Cooke, Eung. Brit. 527; Ellis, N. Amer. Eung. 323; 

 Berk. Brit. Eung. 147 ; Desin. Cr. Er. ser. i. 117, 414. 



On trunks, branches, &c. Britain; Europe; United States; 

 Vancouver Island ; Australia ; Tasmania ; Darjeeling. 



Very variable in size and habit. Often broadly adnate with 

 the extreme margin only free and upturned, or broadly reflexed 

 and imbricate, when the individuals are frequently small, not 

 more than |-1 inch across, but sometimes much larger, rather 

 thin, rigid and incurved when dry. Pileus silky, tomentose, not 

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Var. LiLACEsrini ; minus, subtus lilacinum. — Fr. Sym. Eur. 

 p. 639.— Thelephora lilacina, Pers. Syn. p. 572. Elvela lilacina 

 Batsch, Fung. f. 131. 



On fir-trunks. Europe. 



Var. venosum ; pileo conchato, effuso-reflexo, tomentoso, lacteo ; 

 hymenio parce plicato, lacteo-stramineo. — Stereum vinosura, 

 Quelel in Assoc. Fr. 1882, t. 11. f. 16 ; Enchirid. p. 204. 



Erance. 



In all probability not even a good var., but only a bleached 

 form of 8. purpureum. 



Stebeum betibugum, Cooke. Coriaceo-membranaceum, niu- 

 rinum ; pileo effuso e cupulari explanato, confluente, marginato, 

 ambitu pallide fimbriate, sublibero ; hymenio subvelutino, 

 reticulato-venoso, murinaceo ; sporse subglobos®, 8x7 /x. — Cooke 

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