264 THELEPHOREI. 



Thelephora. a palmate leaf. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 634. Berk. Out. p. 267. C. Hbk. n. 895. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 846. Holmsk. Of. i. p. 106. /. 10. Nees f. 151. Grev. t. 

 46. Krombh. t. 54. f. 24-25. 



** Pileate, dimidiate, horizontal, &>c. 



9. T. intybacea Pers. Caespitose, whitish then rufous- 

 ferruginous, at length fuliginous, soft. Steins somewhat lateral, 

 growing into each other. Pileoli imbricated, fibrous, dilated at 

 the margin, at first 'white-fringed, then entire and of the same 

 colour. Hymenium inferior, papillose, somewhat floccose. 



Tufts sometimes central and obconic, sometimes lateral with somewhat 

 triangular pileoli. 



On the ground in Scotch fir wood. Glamis, 1875. 



Name from its likeness to succory (Cichorium intybus). Pers. Syn. p. 

 567. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 635. B. & Br. n. 1576. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 847. 

 Bull. t. 483. / 6, 7, t. 278. 



10. T. terrestris Ehrb. Casspitose, 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) broad, 

 fuscous, becoming black, soft. Pileoli imbricated, becoming 

 plane, fibrous-strigose, zoneless, extended into a somewhat lateral 

 stem, margin similar. Hymenium inferior, radiato-rugose. 



Smaller than T. intybacea. The stems when confluent become also 

 central ; sometimes the pilei are laciniate, scaly, merismoid. 



In fir woods. Uncommon. 



Name terra, the earth. Growing on the ground. Ehrb. Cr. n. 179. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 635. Berk. Out. p. 267. C. Hbk. n. 896. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 848. Nees Syst.f. 251. Batschf. 121. Kl. Bor. t. 473. 



11. T. laciniata Pers. Ferruginous-fuscous, coriaceous-soft, 

 incrusting. Pilei somewhat imbricated, effuso-reflexed, fibrous- 

 scaly; margin fibrous-fringed, at first whitish. Hymenium 

 inferior, papillose, flocculose. 



Perennial, growing again in strata. 



On stumps, chiefly Scotch fir. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Larger than T. terrestris. The fibres being adnate form little ridges 

 rather than scales. M.J.B. Spores angulato-sphaeroid, tuberculate, somewhat 

 fuscous, 6-9 mk. K. Nametacmia, a flap. From the shape of the pilei. 

 Pers. Syn. p. 567. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 636. Berk. Out. p. 268. C. Hbk. n. 

 899. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 849. Bolt. t. 173. Sow. t. 213. Fl. Dan. t. 1198, 



949- 



12. T. biennis Fr. Cinereous-fuscous, coriaceous-soft, broadly 

 incrusting. Pilei at length narrowly reflexed, tomentose, circum- 

 ference fringed. Hymenium somewhat resupinate, smooth, very 

 slightly bristly, plicate at the base. 



