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PENIOoPHORA Armrsir, Cooke. Late effusa, subcarnosa, am- 
bitu laxe fibrillosa; hymenio pallido, velutino ; cystidia fusoidea, 
100-140 x 40-50; spore ellipsoidee, 10x5 p— Cooke, Grev. 
viii. p. 22, pl. 122. f. 1. Corticium Ayresii, Berk. in Herb. 
On bark. Mauritius. 
PENIOPHORA FLAVIDO-ALBA, Cooke.  Effusa, indeterminata, 
tenuis, flavescenti-pallida ; hymenio velutino, sicco rimoso ; cys- 
tidia cylindraceo-fusoidea, 80-100 x 12-16 u; spore ellipsoides, 
10-12 x 6 p.—Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 21, pl. 125. f. 14; Rav. Fung. 
Exs. nos. 2529 & 719; Ellis, N. Amer. Fung. Ess. no. 1209. 
(Type in Herb. Cooke, Kew.) 
On Myrica cerifera, &c. United States. 
Thin, pale sulphur-yellow or pallid, often transversely cracked 
when dry. 
PENIOPHORA SPARSA, Cooke. Candida, suborbicularis, sparsa, 
immarginata ; hymenio setuloso ; cystidia fusoidea, 40-50 x8 u; 
spore oblongo-ellipsoidex, 10 x 5 4.— Cooke, Grev. viii. p. 21, 
pl. 125. f. 16. Corticium sparsum, Berk. d Broome in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 72. (Type in Herb. Berk. 4014.) 
Forming minute white scattered patches. On bark. Ceylon. 
Mixed with the typical cystidia are smooth pointed hair-like 
processes, similar to those met with in Hymenochete, but colour- 
less. 
PENIOPHORA CARNEA, Cooke. Late effusa, indeterminata, 
ochraceo-carnea, ambitu albo-fibrillosa ; hymenio rimoso; cystidia 
fusoidea, 30-40 x 15-20 u; spore ellipsoidex, 6 x 4 .— Cooke, 
Grev. viii. p. 21, pl. 124. f. 11. Corticium carneum, Berk. 4 
Cooke, Grev. vii. p. 1. (Type in Herb. Kew.) 
On Pinus contorta. California; Texas; Australia. 
Allied to P. velutina. 
PENIOPHORA EPHEBIA, Massee. Subiculo tomentoso pallido, 
margine secernibili, velutino; hymenio ex ochroleuco rufulo, 
setuloso; cystidia sparsa, fusoidea, circa 50 x20 4; spore 
oblongo-ellipsoidew, 10x95 .—Cortieium ephebium, Berk. 4 
Cooke, Grev. i.p. 178. (Type in Herb. Berk. 4037.) 
On wood. Alabama. 
Long, narrow, smooth, colourless hairs are sometimes met 
with, mixed with the cystidia. Allied to P. velutina. 
