414 THELEPHORACE^E Corticiiuii 



pruinate, at length more or less cracked, lavender-white or 

 flesh-colour, red beneath. 



Dead branches, hornbeam, poplar, sloe, lilac, elm, Robinia ; frequent. 

 Mar.-April. -3^ in. Growing in small round patches from the ostiola 

 of Sf/iicriif, at length confluent and forming large patches which become 

 rugged with age. 



1857. C. maeulseforme Fr. (from the rose-coloured spots on the 



hymenium ; macula, a spot, forma, form) a. 

 Orbicular, confluent, indurate, thin. Hym. spuriously papillose, 



purple with rose-coloured spots and smaller purple spots ; 



marg. determinate, pale purple. 

 Dead wood. 2j in. 



1858. C. sanguineum Fr. (from its blood-red colour; sanguis, 



blood) a b c. 



Broadly effused, indeterminate, even, smooth, loosely adherent, 

 arachnoid beneath, slightly cracking when dry, bright deep 

 cinnabar-crimson, clouded purple and black-crimson ; marg. 

 sometimes broadly floccose with cinnabar-white mycelium, 

 sometimes forming cinnabar-white cloud-like growths. 



Wood, squared wood, pine, larch, spreading to leaves. Oct. -Feb. 10^ in. 

 Deeply staining wood a permanent blood-red colour. Rarely fertile. 



1859. C. Carlylei Mass, (after Dr. David Carlyle of Carlisle) a. 

 Effused in elongate patches, agglutinate, between waxy and soft. 



Hym. even, smooth, dull orange ; marg. white. 



Oak bark. 3^ X in. 



1860. C. FLAVEOLUM Mass, (from the yellowish hymenium ; flaws, 



light yellow) a. 

 Effused, membranous, loosely adhering. Hym. pallid yellowish, 



or very pale lemon with a determinate white marg. 

 Trunks of tree-ferns. 3 in. 



1861. C. eceruleum Fr. (from its frequent azure-blue colour ; ccemlc-iim, 



azure-blue) a b c. 



Broadly effused, adnate. Hym. waxy-soft, papillose, tomentose, 

 slightly cracking, deep smalt or Prussian-blue, sometimes 

 almost black or clouded deeper and lighter azure-blue : marg. 

 determinate, bordered with a fine white line or narrowly flaxy 

 and pale blue, sometimes upturned. 



Sticks, dressed wood, dead wood, gates, rails, fir, chestnut, oak, alder ; 

 common. Dec. -April. 6 in. Sometimes phosphorescent. Sometimes 

 black when dry. 



1862. C. violaeeolividum Fr. (from its violet and livid clouding) a c. 

 Somewhat effused, adnate, indurate. Hym. spuriously corrugate, 



tuberculose, mealy, cracking all over when dry, livid purple, 

 clouded darker or indigo-white, clouded pale brown ; marg. 

 paler or yellowish. 



Dead wood, willow, lilac. 4 in. 



