138 MR. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHORER. 
Forming thin patches a foot or more in diameter on walls, 
wood, paper, &c., cracking and peeling off when dry. Europe; 
India. 
CONIOPHORA MURINA, Massee. Late effusa, demum frustulosa, 
immarginata, murina; hymenio subtiliter pruinoso, ferruginas- 
cente; spore ellipsoidee, ochraceo-albe, 10x5 u.—Corticium 
murinum, Berk. & Broome in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 70. (Type 
in Herb. Berk. n. 4049.) 
Ceylon. The spores are almost colourless, but of the Conio- 
phora type. 
CONIOPHORA STRATALIS, Massee. Late effusa, fibrilloso-pan- 
nosa, secernibilis ; hymenio pulverulente sordide ochraceo vel 
brunneo; spore subglobosee, olivaceo-fuscz, circa 6 x 4 u.—(Speci- 
men in Herb. Kew. from Herb. Thumen under name of Hypha 
stratalis.) 
Forming an elastic felt-like stratum. Loc. ? 
CONIOPHORA INSINUANS, Massee. Late effusa, crassa, pallida, 
vix separabilis, resupinatim serpens in cavitatibus internis, super- 
ficie inequali; hymenio rugoso, nec tamen tuberculoso, pul- 
verulento; spore subglobose, olivacee, 8-10, diam. Intus 
subtusque fuscescit. Omnino stratoso.—Thelephora insinuans, 
Schwein. Syn. N. Amer. Fung. 666. (Specimen from Schweinitz 
in Herb. Berk. Kew.) 
In hollow trunks. U. States. 
Forming broadly effused contorted patches, following the in- 
equalities of the surface. A very distinct species, very compact 
for a Coniophora; readily recognized by the subglobose olive 
spores, and the olive or brownish substance of the plant, which 
is composed of very thin, coloured hyphe. Hymenium becoming 
dirty ochraceous with age ; distinctly pulverulent. 
CONIOPHORA OLIVASCENS, Massee. Floccosa, subiculo albo, 
fibrillas hic illie emittente ; hymenio pulverulento, olivaceo-luteo ; 
spore ellipsoidex, olivacee, 10x5 p.—-Corticium olivascens, 
Berk. & Cooke, Grev. i. p.179. (Type in Herb. Berk. 4021.) 
On bark. Boston, United States. 
White mycelial strands often extend from the margin for some 
distance over the bark. 
CONIOPHORA SUFFOCATA, Massee. Effusa, indeterminata ; 
subiculo albido v. pallide fulvo, e hyphis intricatis, arach- 
