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From the Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, January, i8S8. 



THE MYCOLOGIC KI.ORA OF THE MIAMI VALLEY, 



OHIO. 



Bv A. P. M()R(;an. 

 (Read I )eceniI)tT 6th. 1887.) 



Continiifcl from X'ol. X., j). 18. 



Class I. — Hymcnoniv< etes. 



Order IV. — I lidrpliorei. 



Hymeniiim inferior or amphigenous, toriaceous or waxv. even, 

 rarely costate or ])a])illose Sjjoropliores 4-spored. rarel\- i-spored. 



rAL.LE OF (JENERA OF i'H ELLI'HOREI. 

 A. Groiiiing on the \:^roitiid and mostly stipitatc. 



1. CKA'rKKKM.us. Pileus entire, stipitaie, tleshv or sub- 

 membranaceous. 



2. ThelkphoR/\. Pileus coriaceous, stipitate or sessile. 



3. L.\cHNOci..Anir.\i. Pileus repeatedly bianched. the 

 branches filiform. 



B. Sessile or rcsupinate on trunks and brain lies of trees. 



4. Strreum. Pileus coriaceous, effuso-reflexed : hyinenium 

 glabrous. 



5. HvMK.voc'H.KTK. Pileus effuso reflext'd or resu[)inate : 

 hymenium setulose. 



6. C'oRTicirM. Wholly rcsupinate : ihc h\incn uin not 

 setulose. 



I C. Minute pezizoid plants, siih sessile. 



7. Cvi'UKi.i.A. Sub-menibr.maceous, cup shaped. 



Genus I. — ( 'KArKkF.i.ius. ir. 

 Hymenium waxy-membranaceons, distim 1 but adnate to the 

 hynienophore, definitely ink-rior. < ontiguous. glabrous, even or 

 rugose; sjjores white. 



Fungi growing on the ground, fleshy or membranaceous, fin-- 

 nished with an entire pileus, stipitaie; allied to the ("antharelli. 

 a. Tulhrfoni). pervious to the base of Ihe stipe. 

 I. ( ". I.I I KscK.Ns, Pers. Pileus submemb'anaceous, tubaiform. 

 soon jiervious, undulate, flocculose, fuscous. Stipe hollow, glab- 



