Hymenochcete 



THELEPHORACE^E 



407 



LXXXIV. HYMENOCILETE Lev. 



(From the bristly hymenium ; Gr. humen, a membrane, 



ckaite, a bristle.) 



Pilcus coriaceous, variable in form. Hymenium plane to papillose, 

 velvety, with minute, rigid, persistent, bright brown setae or modified 



Fig. 99. — a, b, HymenocJuete rubiginosa Lev., entire and in section, one-half natural 

 size, c, part of hymenium, showing cystidium, basidium and spores, X 500. 



cystidia, three or four times the length of the basidia; in 1830 the 

 setae at first very pale. Basidia tetrasporous. Spores white or olive. 



(Fig. 99-) 



Allied to Peniophora. Species 1819 — 1831 



a. Apodce. No stem. Spores white, cystidia acuminate, plane. 



1819, 1820 



b. Resvpinatoz. With a resupinate habit, except 1827. 



Spores white, cystidia acuminate, plane or rough. 1821 — 1824 

 Spores olive. 1825 — 1827 



Cystidia subclavate, sometimes rough. 1828 — 1831 



a. ApodcB. 



1819. H. rubiginosa Lev. (from the iron-rust colour of the hymenium ; 



rubigo, rust) a b c. 

 P. effused, rerlexed, somewhat imbricate, zoned, velvety, deep 



orange-sienna • marg. orange. Hym. papillose, ferruginous or 



umber, sometimes deep claret-brown. 

 Hard wood, twigs, oak, alder, sometimes spreading to moss. Jan. -Dec. 6 in. 



1820. H. Avellana Lev. ex Cooke (from the habitat, hazel, Cory/us 



Av el land) a c. 



P. effused, rerlexed, zoned, villous, bay-brown ; marg. obtuse, 

 free, narrowly rerlexed. Hym. papillose, pale ferruginous or 

 pale brown, here and there bleeding, sometimes minutely 

 cracked all over. 



Hazel, beech, fir, etc. h-i in. 



