276 THELEPHOREI. 



Corticium. Among the most distinguished species of the genus, large, firm, never 



opening in fiocculose clefts, rarely cracked. 



On dead wood. Frequent. Aug.-Feb. 



Spores ellipsoid, elongated, hyaline, 8 mk. Q. Name — vellus, fleece. 

 Velvety. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 650. Berk. Out. p. 273. C. Hbk. n. 927. S. 

 My col. Scot. n. 880. 



12. C. subdealbatum B. & Br. — Shining white, effused. 

 Hymenium pallid fawn-colour with the bristles. 



On fir. Badminton, 1866. Dec. 



Name — sub, and dealbatus, whitened. B. 6" Br. n. 1823. 



13. C. lactescens Berk. — Flesh-colour, milky, agglutinated, 

 soft, waxy, undulated, margin shortly byssoid, at length cracked, 

 interstices silky. 



Smell like that of Lactarius quietus. Milk-white, watery. Hymenium 

 flesh-colour or pale salmon-colour. 



On dead wood, willow, &c. Frequent. Oct. -Feb. 



Name — lac, milk. Milky. Berk. Out. p. 274. C. Hbk. n. 932. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. ?i. 881. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 650. 



14. C. sanguineum Fr. — Blood-red, effused, adhering laxly, 

 like spider-web beneath, circumference laxly ^x'xWos^.^ flesh-colour. 

 Hymenium even, smooth, flesh-colour. 



The mycelium tinges the wood blood- red. Rarely gathered in a fertile 

 state. 



On dead pine and larch. Uncommon. Nov.-Feb. 



Name — sanguis, blood. Of the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 650. Berk. 

 Out. p. 273. C. Hbk. n. 928. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 882. 



15. C. sulphureum Fr. — Bright sulphur-yellow, effused, fibril- 

 loso-flaxy. Hymenium (when perfect) thick, waxy-soft, cracked 

 when dry. 



The very variable mycelium is frequent, but it is rarely perfectly developed. 

 It occurs with the hymenium tawny. 



On dead wood. Frequent. Nov.-Dec. 



Fries has gathered it in greatest perfection on rotting beech-leaves. Name 

 — sulphur, brimstone. Of the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 650. Berk. Out. 

 p. 274. C. Hbk. n. 929. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 883. 



16. C. cinnamomeum Fr. — Ciiviamon, effused, irregular by 

 becoming confluent, adpressed, fibrilloso-strigose beneath and 



