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It corresponds with T. terrestris, but is more vigorous in growth, thinner, Thelephora. 

 broader, not striate beneath. Biennial, not growing again. 



On the ground, incrusting stones, &c. Rare. 



Name — biennis, lasting two years. Fr. Hym. Fur. p. 636. Berk. Out. p. 

 268. C. Hbk. n. 900. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 850. — Bull. t. 436./. 2. 



13. T. mollissima Pers. — Scarcely 2.5 cent. (1 in.) long, fleshy- 

 soft, incrusting. Pilei whitish, effuso-reflexed, formi?ig flaps, 

 somewhat tomentose. Hymenium inferior, smooth, even, fuscous- 

 purple. 



Soft to the touch. 



On the ground in woods. Frequent. Oct. 



Sometimes quite effused, sometimes assuming the form of T. palmata. 

 M.J.B. Name — mollis, soft. Very soft. Pers. Syn. p. 572. Berk. Out. p. 

 268. t. 17./. 5. C. Hbk. n. 898. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 851. 



"*** Resitpi?iate, for the most pa?'t incrusting, 6f*c. 



14. T. cristata Fr. — Pallid, incrusting, slightly tough, passing 

 into branches or ascending flaps, the apices somewhat awl-shaped 

 or fri?iged. Hymenium papillose on even patches and on the 

 sides of the branches. 



Not flaxy when young. No form constant. The primary and typical 

 condition, on the under surface of beech - leaves, is even, hyaline-fuscous, 

 adpressed at the circumference, fibrillose. It varies with few, obconic, 

 penicillate branches. 



On the ground in woods among mosses. Frequent. 



Name— crista, a crest. Crested. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 637. Berk. Out. p. 

 268. C. Hbk. n. 897. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 852. Fl. Dan. t. 2272. — Bull. t. 

 415. yC 1. Sow. t. 158. — yungh. Linn. v. t. 7./. 2. 



15. T. fastidiosa Fr. — Shining white, effused, soft, shapeless, 

 growing into each other by incrusting, passing i?ito plate-like 

 branches. Hymenium inferior, papillose, rufescent. 



In its foetid odour it agrees with T. palmata. The tufts are at first without 

 distinct form, confluent mutually and with neighbouring bodies in a circle of 

 as much as 30 cent. (12 in.) wide. 



On the ground. Uncommon. 



Looks at first sight like some mycelium. M.J.B. Name— fastidiosus, dis- 

 gusting. From the odour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 637. Berk. Out. p. 268. C. 

 Hbk. n. 901. Saund. & Sm. t. 41./. 1. 



16. T. sebacea Pers. — Whitish, effused, fleshy-waxy, becoming 

 hard, changeable in form by incrusting, tubercular or resembling" 

 stalactite, circumference similar. Hymenium collapsing, floccu- 

 loso-pruinose. 



