Thelephoraceae 



B. SPORES COLORLESS. 

 Parasitic on living leaves or stems, 



EXOBASIDIUM. 



Saprophytes growing on dead wood, branches, etc. Hymenium 

 minutely setulose with projecting cystidia. 



PENIOPHORA. 



Cystidia colorless, rough at the tip with particles of lime. (No 

 edible species reported.) 



HYMENOCH^ETE. 

 Cystidia brown, smooth. (No edible species reported.) 



Hymenium glabrous. 



CORTICIUM. 



Entirely resupinate, hymenium usually cracked when dry. (No 

 edible species reported.) 



STEREUM. 



Effuso-reflexed, pileus silky or strigose, hymenium even. (No 

 edible species reported.) 



CLADODERRIS. 



Horizontal and attached by a narrow point behind, hymenium radiato- 

 rugulose. (No edible species reported.) 



CRATERELLUS. Page 508. 

 Large, erect, funnel-shaped. 



CYPHELLA. 

 Minute, cup-shaped, mouth open. (No edible species reported.) 



SOLENIA. 



Minute, cylindrical, gregarious or crowded, tubular, mouth con- 

 tracted. (No edible species reported.) 



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