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MR. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHOREJE. 



Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xiv. p. 66.— Stereum endo- 

 leucum, Berk. Sf Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xiv. p. 66. 

 Stereum auriusculum, Berk. 4f Broome, I. c. xiv. p. 66. Stereum 

 annosum, Berk. $ Broome, I. c. xiv. p. 67. (Type in Herb. Berk, 

 n. 3838; the types of the specimens given above as synonyms 

 are also in Berkeley's Herbarium.) 



On wood and I ark. Ceylon ; Nilghiris. 



A variable species, but with transition forms connecting all the 

 extremes ; the hymenium varies from ochre through cinnamon to 

 pale umber ; the margin is sometimes indistinct, at others dis- 

 tinct, elevated, and whitish. Often broadly effused. The hy- 

 menium is covered with a whitish bloom due to the presence of 

 minute amorphous particles of lime. 



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Stereum acerinum, Fr. Crustaceo-adnatum, laeve, glabrum 

 album ; sporae ellipsoidese, 6 X 3-4 ji. — Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 645. 

 Thelephora acerina, Pers. Syn. p. 81 ; Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 453. 

 Stereum candiduin, Schwein. (from specimen sent by Schweinitz 

 to Berkeley). (Fertile specimen from Pries, in Herb. Berk.) 



Fxs. : Berk. Brit. Fung. 65; Eoumeg. Fung. Gall. 802; 

 Roum. Fung. Sel. Gall. 403 ; Eav. Fung. Car. 37 ; Ellis, N. Amer. 

 Fung. 326 ; Fung. Cubens. Wrightiani, 412 ; Moug. & Nest. 



991 ; Sacc. Myc. Ven. 410; Thuem. Fung. Univ. 327. 



On living bark of Acer campestris, also on fallen trunks of 

 other trees. Britain ; Europe ; United States ; Cuba ; Australia 

 (Swan Eiver) ; Tasmania ; New Zealaud. 



Forming a thin white crust, generally sterile. Surface usually 

 covered with minute particles of lime. 



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Stebettm mebtcum, Curr. Effusum, resupinatum, tenuis- 

 simum, margine subhirsuto; hymenio inaequali in prominentiis 

 rotundis elevato, fusco-tabacino, subvelutino ; sporae ellipsoideae, 

 7x3-4/1.— Curr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2,; (Bot.) i. p. 127, 



pi. xx. fT. 9-10. 



5000-6000 



(Type in Herb. Kew.) 



This is a very curious production ; the pileus is very thin, but 

 the plants grow together in a stratified mass, having exactly the 

 appearance of being composed of thin layers of tobacco. It is 

 used by the Lepchas in medicine, and has a native name. 



(Currey.) 



Not a good Stereum ; the hymeuium at best is velvety or 





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