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THELEPHORACEyE 



Peniophora 



Growing on wood, bark, leaves, etc. Young examples of some 



species may be readily confused with Pezizce. Species 1867 1882 



Margin free, more or less incurved. 1867 1870 



Margin adpressed, often indeterminate. 1871 1881 



Seta? aggregate in fascicles. 1882 



Fig. 101. A, B, Peniophora quercina Cooke, entire and in section, one-half natural 

 size, c, basidium, spores and cystidium of ditto, X 500. D, K, P. rosea Mass., entire 

 and in section, one-half natural size. F, basidium, spores and cystidium of ditto, X 500. 

 G, H, P. hydnoides Cooke & Mass., entire and in section, one-half natural size. 

 j, basidium, spores and cystidium of ditto, X 500. Ij 



18 67. t P. quercina Cooke (from the usual habitat, oak, quercus) a b c. 



Cartilaginous, membranous, at first agglutinate, then fixed at 



centre, rigid, smooth, slightly cracking when dry, turning black 



beneath. Hym. papillose, or irregularly rugose, sometimes 



