154 MR. GEORGE MASSEE ON THE THELEPHORE E. 
* Rab. Fung. Eur. 3231 " is concerned, consist of the Peniophora 
described above, which is distinct from P. incarnata in the 
cystidia and spores, although the general appearance is the 
same. 
Subgen. ScoPvLorpes : cystidia fasciculato-aggregata. 
PENIOPHORA HYDNOIDES, Cooke § Massee, n. sp. Late effusa, 
tenuis, subinnata, indeterminata; hymenio cinereo; cystidia 
cylindraceo-fusoidea, 70-120 x 12-14 u; spore globoss, 4-5 p. 
(Pl. XLVII. ff. 15, 16.) (Type in Herb. Kew.) . 
On bark. England (Carlisle). 
This remarkable species resembles, when examined under a 
lens, several of the resupinate species of Hydnum and Grandinia, 
but is a true Peniophora with the cystidia in compact fascicles. 
PENIOPHORA AMBIGUA, Massee. Late effusa, ochroleuca, mar- 
gine albo-pulverulento, aculeis minutis dense approximatis ; cys- 
tidia subfusoidea, apice obtusa, 50-60 x12-14 u; spore globose, 
circa 4 u.—Hydnum (Resupinati) ambiguum, Berk. & Bragme in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 60. (Type in Herb. Berk. 3359.) 
On dead wood. Ceylon. 
The plant presents the appearance of a resupinate Hydnum, 
the fascicles of cystidia closely resembling the spines of the last- 
mentioned genus. 
ASTEROSTROMA, Massee, nov. gen. 
Resupinato-effusum ; subiculo fibrilloso, arido, hyphis stellatis 
brunneis immixtis. Spore albz, hyaline.—(Corticium sp., Berk.) 
(Pl. XLVI. ff. 8, 9.) 
Allied to Corticium, but readily distinguished by the brown 
stellate hy phee present in the subiculum, and the dry, minutely 
pulverulent, not waxy hymenium. The pulverulent species of 
Coniophora are separated by the coloured spores. 
ASTEROSTROMA APALA, Massee. Late effusum, margine angus- 
tissimo candido; hymenio subtiliter setuloso, isabellino ; spore 
fusoidem, 10 x3 u. — Corticium apalum, Berk. § Broome in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 72. (Type in Herb. Berk. Kew. 
n.4088.) Stereum Halei, B. 
On bark. Central Province, Ceylon. 
Broadly effused, extreme margin white and sometimes radiato- 
byssoid, dirty pale ochraceous, or sometimes with a slight tinge 
of flesh-colour; primary rays of coloured stellate threads fre- 
quently branched. 
