262 THELEPHOREI. 



Thelephora. The true plant of Sowerby, whose figure is very faithful though evidently 

 taken from discoloured specimens. 



On the ground. Rare. 



Name after Sowerby. B. & Br. n. 1027. Berk. Out. p. 266. C. Hbk. 

 n. 890. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 633. Sow. t. 155. 



2. T. multizonata B. & Br. Pileus bright rufous-flesh-colour 

 above, many-zoned, multiplex, infundibuliform, formed from 

 various confluent lobes and stems, margin lobed and crenulate. 

 Hymenium slightly ribbed, smooth, paler. 



Forming a dense mass, of a beautiful reddish tint ; flesh and stem zoned 

 within. Quite distinct from Sowerby 's plant. 



On the ground. Rare. 



Name multus, many; zona, a zone. B. & Br. n. 1028. t. 13. f. 4. C. 

 Hbk. ?i. 891. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 633. 



3. T. undulata Fr. Pallid. Pileus 1-2.5 cent. (X" 1 in -) broad, 

 coriaceo-membranaceous, depressed, even, slightly smooth, mar- 

 gin entire and undulated. Stem curt, 12 mm. (}4 in.) long, 

 villous. Hymenium ribbed, slightly bristly. 



Pileus central, entire, very thin, almost diaphanous and plano-infundibuli- 

 form. 



On the ground. Coed Coch, 1878. Oct. 



Spores ellipsoid, 4-5 x 2-2^ rnk. K. Name iinda, a wave. Undulated. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 633. B. & Br. n. 1816. Schceff. t. 278 near it but perhaps 

 distinct. 



4. T. caryophyllea Pers. Fuscous-purple. Pileus somewhat 

 coriaceous, depressed, fibrous-torn, margin sometimes incised, 

 sometimes divided into a few linear branches. Stem short. 

 Hymenium rather even, smooth. 



Inodorous. 



On the ground about roots, especially fir. Rare. 



It assumes every form, from that of a perfect cup with a central stem to a 

 much and irregularly branched frond. AI.J.B. Spores 6 x 5 mk. W.G.S.; 

 sphaeroid, tuberculate, fuscous, about 8 mk. K. Name from its likeness to a 

 carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus). Pers. Syn. p. 565. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 634. Berk. Out. p. 267. C. Hbk. n. 894. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 843. Saund. 

 6^ Sm. t. 41. f. 2. Schtrff. t. 325. Schnizl. t. 6. 



5. T. tuberosa Fr. Pallid then rufescent. Pileus somewhat 

 coriaceous, divided to the bulbous stem into compressed branches 

 'which are arranged in an infundibuliform manner. Hymenium 

 inferior, smooth. 



