420 THELEPHORACEifc Coniophora 



olive, sparkling with oxalate of lime crystals when fresh ; marg. 

 fimbriate, whitish. Spores pale dull ochre. 

 Trunks and wood, pine ; uncommon. Oct.-Nov. 5J in. 



1884. C. pulverulenta Sacc. (from the pulverulent hymenium) a. 

 Effused, dry, cracking. Hym. brown, ferruginous- or yellowish- 

 brown, clouded and mottled darker : marg. membranous, white 

 or pale yellowish-brown. Spores pale dull yellow. 



Wood. 7 in. Has been considered a form of 1680, var. pulverulentus. 



1885. C. puteana Karst. (from its often growing in cellars, humid 

 greenhouses, etc. ; puteanum, a well) a c. 



Broadly effused, fleshy, fragile, somewhat thick, compact, almost 

 waxy, usually with open spaces exposing the matrix, sometimes 

 cracked and showing the fibrillose substratum. Hym. sub- 

 undulate, pallid, yellowish or buff to olivaceous-brown or 

 brown-sienna ; marg. mucedinous, white, sometimes indefinite. 

 Spores tawny olive. 



Bark and wood, cypress, dead wood, rotten trunks, running over dead leaves, 

 damp walls in cellars, greenhouses, etc. ; frequent. Oct.-Nov. 5§ in. 



1886. C. einnamomea Mass. (from the cinnamon colour) a b c. 

 Effused, confluent, irregular, fleshy, soft, somewhat thick, crack- 

 ing and exhibiting the fibrilloso-strigose Sub. Hym. pale 

 cinnamon to dark rich sienna-umber or chocolate, spotted or 

 mottled darker. Spores pale dull yellow or very pale cinnamon. 



Wood, bark, plum, hazel, hornbeam, birch, oak; rare. Nov. 4 in. 



1887. C. umbrina Karst. (from the brown colour, umber) a b c. 

 Effused, confluent, fleshy-soft, somewhat thick. Sub. villous. 



Hym. tuberculose then collapsing, varying pale to dark brown 



or sooty- or yellowish-umber, often slightly olive ; marg. shortly 



fimbriate. Spores pale, dull brown. 



Dead wood, branches, sticks, etc. Sometimes on the ground. Feb. 6 in. 

 Not easily separating from the matrix. Surface sometimes rugoso- 

 papillose all over. 



1888. C. inerustans Mass. (from the incrusting habit) a b. 

 Effused, thin, indeterminate, almost waxy when perfectly 



developed. Hym. waxy-pulverulent, pallid to pale yellowish. 



Spores pale yellow. 



Enveloping leaves, twigs, etc., with a film. 6 in. Thinner and less nodulose 

 than 1898. 



1889. C. arida Karst. (from its dry substance ; aridus, dry) a b c. 

 Effused, membranous, adnato-agglutinate, continuous, cracking. 



Hym. even to slightly tuberculose, sulphur-yellow, becoming 

 ferruginous-umber, clouded ; marg. broadly radiato-byssoid, 

 sometimes pulverulent, sulphur-white, sometimes zoned ochre 

 and sulphur near marg. Spores pale dull yellow. 

 Logs, woods, cellars, pine, fir, juniper ; common. Oct. -Feb. 7 in. 



1890. C. sulphurea Mass. (from the sulphur colour) a b c. 

 Effused, fibrilloso-flaxy, somewhat thick, when perfect thick and 



waxy-soft, cracking, often imperfect and spongy, passing into 



