278 THELEPHOREI. 



Corticium. Name — puber, adult. As applied to plants downy. From the hymenium. 



Fr. Hy?n. Eur. p. 652. B. & Br. n. 1822. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 888. Theleph. 

 Fr. Elench. p. 215. — Bonord.f. 256(7) 



21. C. scutellare B. & Curt. — Whitish, then slightly tan-colour, 

 resupinate, effused, immarginate. Hymenium broken up into 

 minute areolae. 



On Ulex. Strachan, Kincardineshire. Glamis. 



Name — scutella, a salver. From its form. B. & Br. n. 1825. 5. Mycol. 

 Scot. ?i. 889. Grevzllea, vol. ii. p. 4. 



22. C. lividum Pers. — Changeable in colour, effused, agglu- 

 tinated, waxy -soft, becoming smooth, circumference similar. 

 Hymenium even, naked, somewhat viscid when moist, cracked 

 when dry. 



In the same specimen the colour has been observed livid-azure-blue, and 

 fuscous-purplish. 



On dead birch. Rare. 



yame—lividus, livid. Pers. Obs. i. p. 38. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 652. Berk. 

 Out. p. 275. C. Hbk. n. 934. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 890. 



23. C. ochraceum Fr. — Broadly effused, 30 cent. (12 in.) and 

 more, agglutinated, waxy-soft, smooth, circumference white, 

 somewhat radiating, soon vanishing. Hymenium pallid then 

 ochraceous, sprinkled with golden-glistening atoms, at length 

 naked, papillose or tubercular, cracked when collapsed. 



There is a remarkable variety with concentric papillae. 



On pine stumps. Uncommon. Nov.-Dec. 



Name — ochraceus, ochrey-yellow. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 652. Berk. Out. p. 

 275. C. Hbk. 71. 935. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 891. Theleph. Fr. Syst. Myc. i. 

 p. 446. 



** Amphigenous, becoming rigid, d^c. 



24. C. quercinum Fr.— Cartilaginous-membranaceous, at first 

 agglutinated, then adfixed in the centre, loosened on all sides, 

 and at length involute, rigid, smooth and becoming black beneath. 

 Hymenium continuous, flesh-colour. 



It does not become cracked because it is set free in dying. 



On oak branches. Very common. Aug.-April. 



Name — quercus, oak. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 653. Berk. Out. p. 275. C. 

 Hbk. n. 936. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 892. — Nees f. 253. Grev. t. 142. Bull. t. 

 436. /. 1. 



