

MR. GEORGE MASSES OX THE THELEPHOR8J8. 



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N. America. 

 On wood. 



Occurring 



in usually small 



substauce thickish, follo\ 



irregular patches ; 



firing the irregularities of the matrix, 

 generally closely adnate ; hymenium white, sometimes becoming 

 pallid with age. 



Stereum arenicolum:, Berk. Eesupinatum, effuaum, crassum, 

 ngidum, subtus tomento ferrugineo molli vesitum ; hymenio levi, 

 glabro fusco-purpurascente ; sporae ellipsoideae, 7 x 4-5 p. (Berk, 

 in Herb. n. 3822.) 



On sand under trees. Vera Cruz. 



■Rigid, thick, 2-3 inches across, attached to the sand and 

 probably decayed wood by a dense ferruginous tomentum ; 

 margin sometimes slightly upraised ; substance pale cinnamon. 















































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4 



Eesupinatum. 



natum, laete ochraceum, glaberrimum, laeve ; margine angustis- 

 simo, pallidiore, tomentoso ; sporaa cylindraceo-ellipsoide®, 12 x 

 H.~BerJc. $ Cooke in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Sot) xv. p. 389. 



5-6 



(Type in H^rb. Berk. Kew. n. 3856.) 



On sticks. Brazil, Rio Ja vary. 



forming patches some inches long, originally orbicular, bright 

 ochre, very smooth, even ; margin very narrow, paler, tomentose. 

 (Berk. Sf Cooke.) 



Margin sometimes free and byssoid. 



Stereum Arat.e, Speg. Eesupinatum, crassum, suberoso- 

 eoriaceuin, orbiculari-capulare, vel plura confluentia difforinia, 

 1-2 cm. diam., 1-2 mm. crass., subtus tomento candido molli 

 vestitum, azonum ; carne Candida, coriaceo-fibrosa, tenaci ; 

 hymenio irregulariter gibboso vel piano, minutissime pruinosulo- 

 ^elutino, griseo-earneo-fusco, zona fulvo-Iutescente vel vivide 

 aurantiaca marginato; sporis minutis, ellipticis vel ovoideis, 

 quandoque inaequilateralibus, simplicibus, 3-5xl*5-2'5, hyalinis. 

 Speg. Fung. Argent. Pug. ii. p. 8. 



On old worked wood. Argentine Eepublic. 



Belated to S. hirsutum, from which it differs in the softly 

 omentose pileus and pruinose hymenium. (Spegazzini.) 



Stere 



Effusum, resupi- 



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r M albo-cinctum, Berk. Sf Broome. 

 aatum, crassiusculum ; hymenio pallide umbrino vel ochraceo, 

 8 ubtiliter pruinoso, margine subelevato ; spone 4x3 p.— Berk. 6f 



MNST. JOURN.— BOTANY, TOL. XXVIf. P 













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