136 MR. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHORES. 
CONIOPHORA ATROCINEREA, P. Karst. Effusa, byssino-membra- 
nacea, mollis, adnata, contigua, levis, atro-fumosa, hine inde in 
olivaceum vergens, ambitu arachnoidea, canescens, sicca cinerea, 
demum fusco-olivaceo pulverulenta; spore ovoider, flavide 
(sub microscopio), 9-12 p long., 5-6 p crass.—P. Karst. in de 
Thumen’s Myc. Univ. exs. n. 1806. 
On worked pine. Finland. 
In the Kew copy of de Thumen's Exs., a miserable fragment 
of wood, with a few threads and no spores, accompanied the above 
description. It is much to be regretted that such apologies for 
specimens should be considered good enough for sale. 
B. Mrcrosporm: sporidiis minutis (4-10 p long.). 
CowioPHORA LICHENOIDES, Massee, n. sp.  Effusa, ambitu 
sinuato-lobata ; hymenio ochraceo, papillato, pulverulento, demum 
rimoso; spore dilute ochracex, ellipsoidee, 10 x7 u.—(Type 
in Herb. Kew.) 
On bark. Zante (Prof. Balfour). 
Very rigid, resembling in the irregularly lobed margin some 
species of corticolous lichens. 
CoNIOPHORA CookKer, Massee, n. sp. Effusa, fibrilloso-mem- 
branacea, ambitu byssina, pallida; hymenio olivaceo-ferrugineo, 
pulverulento; spore elliptic, ochrace®, 10 x6 p.—(Corticium 
laxum, Cooke, Herb. Kew.)—Exs.: Fung. N. Jersey, U.S.A., 
n. 3425. 
On rotting wood. England; United States. 
Closely resembling in general appearance Corticium laxum, 
Fr., which however, as proved by a specimen from Fries to 
Berkeley in Herb. Berk. n. 3655, is a true Thelephora. 
CowioPHORA FULYA, Massee, n. sp. Late effusa, carnosa, 
ambitu tenuis, byssoidea ; hymenio fulvo-brunneo, areolato- 
rimoso ; spore ochracem, elipsoidee, 10 x7 y.—Corticium 
scutellare, in Egs.: Fung. New Jersey, U.S.A., n. 3399. 
On Magnolia. Newfield, United States. 
l CONIOPHORA PEROXYDATA, Massee. Resupinata tenuis, immar- 
ginata, inæquabilis, levis, subtiliter pulverulenta, martiana, 
intus cinnabarina; spore ellipsoidew, brunneo-olivaces, 10 
x5 p.—Corticium peroxydatum, Berk. 4 Broome in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 70. (Type in Herb. Berk. Kew. n. 4041.) 
Sunk in the wood. Ceylon; Pennsylvania. 
