THELEPHORA. 263 



On the ground. Rare. Foxhall, Edinburgh. Moncreiffe. Thelephora. 



Scattered, subcoriaceous, about 2.5 cent, (i in.) high ; pileus about two- 

 thirds of the height of the entire plant, variously divided into compressed, 

 acute or obtuse branches. The main branches are given off from the same 

 point, and are disposed in a circular manner, leaving the centre free, and 

 somewhat infundibuliform ; stem nearly cylindrical, obscurely furrowed, or 

 lacunose, bulbous at the base. Hymenium covering the whole plant except 

 the stem. Spores oval, numerous. Grev. Name tuber, a tuber. Tuberous. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 634. Berk. Out. p. 267. C. Hbk. n. 892. S. Mycol. Scot. 

 n. 844. Grev. t. 178. 



6. T. anthocephala Fr. - - Somewhat ferruginous, becoming 

 tuscous. Pileus coriaceous-soft, pubescent, divided to the equal 

 villous stem into flaps winch arc dilated upwards and fringed and 

 whitish at the apex, or divided into irregular branched erect 

 branches. Hymenium even. 



Extremely variable, inodorous. 



On the ground in woods. Uncommon. 



Branches spreading upwards into greyish or purplish - brown, strongly- 

 streaked branchlets, disposed frequently like the petals of a pink, their apices 

 dilated, pale and generally fimbriated. Very variable as to the form of the 

 bleached laciniae (flaps). Sometimes regular as in Bulliard's fig. ALJ.B. Name 

 avQos, a flower ; /ce^aAr?. the head. From its resemblance to a flower. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 634. Berk. Out. p. 267. t. 17. f. 4. C. Hbk. n. 893. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 845. Bull. t. 452. /. i. B. Th. digitata Fr. Sow. t. 156. Berk. 

 Out. t. 17. f. 4. 



7. T. clavularis Fr. Rufous-fuscous. Coriaceous, soft, irreg- 

 ularly branched, branches round, attcmiated, even, smooth, deli- 

 cately pruinose ; apices acute, pubescent, whitish. Stem some- 

 what tuberous. 



Smaller and thinner than neighbouring species, inodorous. 



On the ground. Wallington, Northumberland. 



Name clavula, a small nail. From the shape of its branches. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 634. B. & Br. n. 1575. 



8. T. palmata Fr. The whole 2.5-5 cent - ( l ~ 2 i n -) 

 fuscous -purple, coriaceous- soft, erect, very much branched, 

 pubescent, the simple base stem-like ; branches palmate, flattened, 

 even, somewhat fastigiate, fringed and whitish at the apex. 



Odour foetid. Becoming ferruginous when dry. The lobes are wedge- 

 shaped, occasionally arranged in the form of small infundibuliform pilei. 



On the ground in woods. Frequent. Aug.-Nov. 



Forming a dense cluster, 2.5-7.5 cent - (1-3 in.) thick. Smell shortly after 

 being gathered corpse-like. Spores subsphaeroid, slightly fuscous, tubercu- 

 late, 8-12 mk. K. Name palma, the palm. From the branches resembling 



