Odontia 



HYDXACE/E 



393 



1775. 0. barba-Jovis Fr. (from the minute orange fringe at the apex 



of each tooth, a fanciful comparison with the beard of Jupiter, 



barba Jovis) a c. 



Flaxy membranous, whitish to yellowish-orange, faintly shaded 



brownish ; marg. determinate, broadly barren, white. Te. 



papillose, then conical, white with an orange fimbriate crest. 



Decayed wood, oak, birch. 6^ in. The hymenium usually exhibits barren 

 patches. 



B 



Fig. 92. — a, Odontia jimbriata Pers., natural size ; B, section of ditto, enlarged. 



1776. 0. fimbriata Pers. (from the fibrillose or fringed margin; 



fimbria^ a fringe) a b c. 



Membranous, separating, traversed by prominent root-like 



branching threads continuous with the fringed marg., pallid or 



yellowish, suffused with dull salmon or pale fawn. 



Dead wood, willow, plane, dog-wood, bark, moss. Aug. -April. 7^ in. 

 Extensive barren patches sometimes occur on the hymenium. Fawn- 

 colour when dry, sometimes becoming deep rich brown. 



1777. 0. eristulata Fr. (from the minutely crested teeth) a b c. 

 Crustaceo-adnate, thin, not ribbed, pale warm brown or brownish- 

 white ; marg. broadly barren, here and there finely downy. 



Rotten branches, birch. Feb. 

 Corticium. 



5f in. Cracking all over when dry as in 



