PHLEBIA. 



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On dead beech. Epping Forest. Feb. -March. Raduium. 



Name— fagus, beech. Growing on beech. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 624. C. 

 Hbk. n. 876.—Pers. 



8. R. aterrimum Fr. — Black, innate, removing the bark, 

 strigose. Tubercles elongated, distant, large, irregularly shaped, 

 somewhat compressed, black. 



Hymenium not continuous. 



On branches. Kensington Gardens. 



Berkeley now regards Hydnum erectum Sow. Herb, as identical. Name — 

 ater, black. Very black. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 624. B. 6 s Br. n. 1814, 1573. 



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Genus XXXVIII.— Phlebia (</>A<ty, a vein, from the veiny appear- Phiebia. 

 ance of the hymenium). Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 426. 



Hymenium amphigenous, waxy-soft, smooth, continuous, from 

 the first wnnkled into crests; covered with wrinkles which 

 are crowded, interrupted, persistent, 

 quite entire at the edge, everywhere 

 bearing spores. Resupinato-effused, 

 somewhat gelati?ious - waxy when 

 moist, cartilaginous when dry. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 624. 



1. P. merismoides Fr. — Flesh- 

 colour then livid, villous and white 

 beneath, ora?ige-strigose at the cir- 

 cumference, effused, even or slightly 

 branched in becoming incrusted. 

 Wrinkles simple, straight, crowded. 



The wrinkles are never porous or retic- 

 ulate. 



On stumps and branches. Rare. 



Sept.-Feb. 



Often running over mosses. Thin, tremelloid when fresh. M.J.B. 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) broad. Name— Merisma, etSos, appearance. Merisma-like. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 624. Berk. Out. p. 263. C. Hbk. n. 877. 5. Mycol. 

 Scot. p. 156. Grev. t. 280. Huss. ii. /. 44. 



2. P. radiata Y v.— Red-flesh-colour, 2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) 

 across, somewhat round, equal, smooth on both sides, circum- 

 ference radiate in the form of teeth. Folds straight, radiating in 



rows. 





LXXIX. Phlebia merismoides. 

 Natural size. 



