276 THELEPHOREI. 



Corticium. Among the most distinguished species of the genus, large, firm, never 

 opening in flocculose clefts, rarely cracked. 



On dead wood. Frequent. Aug.-Feb. 



Spores ellipsoid, elongated, hyaline, 8 mk. Q. Name vellus, fleece. 

 Velvety. Fr, Hym. Eur. p. 650. Berk. Out. p. 273. C. Hbk. n. 927. S. 

 My col. Scot. n. 880. 



12. 0. subdealbatum B. & Br. Shining white, effused. 

 Hymenium pallid fawn-colour with the bristles. 



On fir. Badminton, 1866. Dec. 



Name sub, and dealbatus, whitened. B. & Br. n. 1823. 



13. C. lactescens Berk. Flesh-colour, milky, agglutinated, 

 soft, waxy, undulated, margin shortly byssoid, at length cracked, 

 interstices silky. 



Smell like that of Lactarius quietzts. Milk-white, watery. Hymenium 

 flesh-colour or pale salmon-colour. 



On dead wood, willow, &c. Frequent. Oct.-Feb. 



Name lac, milk. Milky. Berk. Out. p. 274. C. Hbk. n. 932. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 881. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 650. 



14. C. sanguineum Fr. Blood-red, effused, adhering laxly, 

 like spider-web beneath, circumference laxly fibrillosz, flesh-colour. 

 Hymenium even, smooth, flesh-colour. 



The mycelium tinges the wood blood-red. Rarely gathered in a fertile 

 state. 



On dead pine and larch. Uncommon. Nov.-Feb. 



Name sanguis, blood. Of the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 650. Berk. 

 Out. p. 273. ' C. Hbk. n. 928. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 882. 



15. C. sulphureum Fr. Bright sulphur-yellow, effused, fibril- 

 loso-flaxy. Hymenium (when perfect) thick, waxy-soft, cracked 

 when dry. 



The very variable mycelium is frequent, but it is rarely perfectly developed. 

 It occurs with the hymenium tawny. 



On dead wood. Frequent. Nov.-Dec. 



Fries has gathered it in greatest perfection on rotting beech-leaves. Name 

 sulphur, brimstone. Of the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 650. Berk. Out. 

 p. 274. C. Hbk. n. 929. S. Afycol. Scot. n. 883. 



16. C. cinnamomeum Fr. Cinnamon, effused, irregular by 

 becoming confluent, adpressed, fibrilloso-strigose beneath and 



