324 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
Stem 14-2 inches high, 2 of an ineh or more thick, buff, 
and split like the pileus, tender when fresh. 
Spines even, subulate, entire, soft, of a pale buff. 
Smell vinous. 
A remarkably rigid species when dry. Allied to H. candi- | 
dum and H. repandum. 
134. Thelephora cuficularis, n. sp.; imbricata coriaceo- 
mollis brunneo-purpurascens, pileolis inæquabilibus rugosis | 
depresso-sericeis ; hymenio sublævi pulverulento. 
In the moist cavity of a dead tree attached to the wood, 
twigs, &c., Waynesville, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1844. T. G. Lea, 
Esq. | 
Imbricated ; pilei $ of an inch long, laterally confluent; 
uneven, rugged, bone inclining to purple with a pale 
margin, of a soft, coriaceous consistence ; surface soft, clothed 
with matted down not distinctly pubescent, zoneless. — - 
Hymenium concave, nearly even, not np smell 
strong and unpleasant. . poe iios 
consists of a mass of pilei running one into the 
. but little distinct hymenium., 
Allied to Thelephora terrestris. | 
135. T. albo marginata, Schwein! mss.; latissime 
fluenti-effusa rarius breviter reflexa umbrina centro p 
margine albo-tomentoso.—Lea, n.49. | 
. : On bark of dead button-wood Pinas 3 oc 
ieiunii Ohio, March 19, 1842. T. G. Lea, Esq 
E At first Vr seg of distinct orbicular d wh 
i conflu 
- This. was be de: du name a 
more perfect specimens show that it is a fi 
_ distinct species. It is possible that T. albo-b 
. be a synonym, for I do not find the name e ad 
from Sir. W. J. Hooker's E : itz 
