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sicco rimoso; spore ellipsoidem vel subglobose, flavo-brunnes, 
12 x9 p—Corticium sulphureum, Fr. Epicr. p. 561; Hym. 
Eur. p. 650; Berk. Outl. p. 274; Cooke, Handb. n. 929 ; Stev. 
Brit. Fung. ii. p. 276; Karst. Myc. Fenn. p. 313; Wint. Krypt. 
Fl. p.336. Thelephora sulphurea, Fr. Elench.p.201. (Specimen 
from Fries, in Herb. Berk.)— Exs.: Cooke, Fung. Brit. n. 607; 
Fuckel, Fung. Rhen. 2490. Ellis, New Jers. Fung. 3142 is 
not this species. 
On wood, bark, leaves, &c. Europe; Tasmania. 
Adnate, effused, often imperfect and spongy, passing into 
radiating cord-like, branching, sulphur-coloured threads. Hy- 
menium, when perfect, rather thick, smooth, yellowish-fulvous, 
cracking. 
CONIOPHORA SULPHUREA, Massee, var. OCHROIDEA. Spore 
ellipsoidexw, deorsum apiculate, olivacese, 16-18 x 9-10 a. (Speci- 
men determined by Berkeley in Herb. Berk. n. 3985.)— Es. : 
Cooke, Fung. Brit. n. 411, ed. 2, n. 9. 
On wood and bark. Europe. 
CONIOPHORA FUSISPORA, Cooke. Effusa, carnosa, mollis, 
olivaceo-fusca, ambitu mucedinea pallida; hymenio subundulato; 
pulverulento; spore fusoidex, fulve, 20-25 x6 u.— Cooke in 
Grev. viii. p. 89. Corticium fusisporum, Cooke d Ellis in 
Grev. l.c. (Type in Herb. Kew.) 
Overrunning wood, &c. United States. 
A. most distinct species, with elongated fusiform spores. Very 
similar to C. puteana, Fr., separating from the matrix readily; 
thin and soft. (Cooke.) 
CoNIOPHORA SISTOFREMOIDES, Massee. Late effusa, primum 
byssina, olivaceo-brunnea, demum compacta, pulverulenta ; sporze 
ellipsoidese, olivacew, 12 x8 j.—Thelephora sistotremoides, 
Schwein. Syn. Car. 1053; Syn. N. Amer. Fung. 674. (Speci- 
men from Schweinitz, in Herb. Berk.) 
On bark and wood. United States. 
Effused, thin, pulverulent, indeterminate; brown with olive 
tinge, becoming very powdery, and crumbling away when dry 
and old. 
CONIOPHORA LEUCOTHRIX, Cooke.  Effusa, tenuis; hymenio 
(setis candidis vestito) olivaceo, hic ilic brunneo tingente, 
