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A. Macrosrorm: sporidiis majoribus (11-25 p long.). 
CONIOPHORA OLIVACEA, Cooke. Membranacea, adnata, ambitu 
fimbriata albicans; hymenio tenui, obscure olivaceo, pulveru- 
lento-tomentoso ; spore cllipsoidese, ochraces, 14-17 x 10-12 p. 
—Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 89. Thelephora olivacea, Fr. Elench. 
p. 179; Berk. Outl. p. 269. Corticium olivaceum, Fr. Hym. 
Eur. p. 660; Stev. Brit. Fung. ii. p. 283; Winter, Krypt. Fl. 
p. 928. Hypochnus olivaceus, Fr. Obs. ii. p. 282; Karst. Myc. 
Fenn. (Basid.), p. 320. (Specimen from Fries in Herb. Berk. 
n. 3650.)— Exs.: Roum. Fung. Gall. Exs. 2913. 
On decaying pine-trunks. Europe. 
Broady effused ; margin whitish, byssoid, or altogether inde- 
terminate; hymenium pulverulent, ochraceous olive, or brownish 
olive when dry, sometimes cracked, and covered with minute 
glistening crystals of line. 
CowioPHoRa Euuisir, Cooke. Tenuis, papyracea, a matrice 
separabilis, primum pallida dein centro cinnamomea, margine 
tenerrimo ; spore ellipsoidee, fulve, 11-12 x 3-4 u.— Cooke, Grev. 
vii. p.89. Hymenochete Ellis, Berk. & Cooke; Grev. iv. p. 162. 
(Type in Herb. Kew.)— Ews.: Corticium variegatum, Roumeg., 
Fung. Sel. Gall. n. 4; Ellis, N. Amer. Fung. n. 328. 
On pine boards. New Jersey, U.S.; Europe. Somewhat 
resembling C. olivacea, Cooke. 
CONIOPHORA PULVERULENTA, Cooke.  Effusa, arida, brunneo- 
ferruginea, ambitu membranacea, alba; hymenio pulverulento ; 
spore ellipsoidez, flavo-brunnem, 15 x 10 u.— Cooke, Grev. vin. 
p. 89. Thelephora pulverulenta, Lév. Ann. Sei. Nat. sér. III. v. 
(1846), p. 149. (Specimen determined by Berkeley in Herb. 
Berk.) 
On wood. France; England. 
CowioPHoRA PUTEANA, Cooke. Late effusa, carnosa, fragilis, 
flavescente pallida, demum fusco-olivacea, ambitu mucedinea alba ; 
hymenio pulverulento; spore fusco-olivacee, 14-16x8-9 p. 
— Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 88. Thelephora puteana, Schum. Saell. 
p. 397; Fl. Dan. t. 2035; Fr. Elench. i. p. 194; Berk. Outl. 
P. 269. Corticium puteanum, Stev. Brit. Fung. p. 281; Karst. 
Myc. Fenn. p. 319; Wint. Krypt. Fl. p. 330; Fr. Hym. Eur. 
p. 657. (Specimen from Fries in Herb. Berk. n. 3652.)— Es. ; 
