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rous, yellow Hymenium remotely costate, at first even, then 

 rugose with interlaced veins. 



In woods; rare. Pileus 2-4 inches broad, the stipe about two 

 inches long The hymenium is yellow, varying to reddish, orange 

 and bluish-gray. It has a strong spirituous odor. 



2. C coRNUcopioiDEs, Linn. Pileus submembranaceous, 

 tubaeform, pervious, scaly, sooty black. Stipe hollow, glabrous, 

 black. Hymenium e\en, at length slightly wrinkled, becoming 

 cinereous. 



In woods; not common. Pileus 1-2 inches across, but some- 

 times reduced to little more than a tube, the whole plant 1-3 inches 



in height. 



h. hifundihulifonii, the stipe stuffed. 



3. C. ( ANTHARKLi us, Schw. Pileus tough-fleshy, subinfundi- 

 buliform, repand and often lobed, glabrous, vitelline. Stijje 

 stuffed, glabrous, concolorous. Hymenium even, becoming a little 

 wrinkled, vitelline or with a darker shade. 



In woo'ds; common. Pileus 2-4 inches in breadth, the stipe an' 



inch or more in lieight. The j)ileus in the larger specimens is (piite 



irregular, with the margin much folded or crisped and lobed. The 



color of the plant varies somewhat, being paler or reddish, and 



sometimes with a dusky .shade. C. lateritius, Berk, is the same 



thing. 



Genus II — Thelephora, Ehrh. 



Hymenium inferior or amphigenous, contiguous with the 



hymenophore and similar to it, even or costate, and without an 



intern)ediate stratum. Fungi coriaceous, destitute of a cuticle, 



exceedingly varied in shape, terrestrial. 



<i. Growing erect., the pileus entire or rainoseparted. 



1. T. RADiATA, Holmok. Pileus soft coriaceous, infundibuli- 

 form, entire, ferruginous ihen brownish, subfasciate ; the disk with 

 erect scales: the margin radiate-siriate. Stipe central, short. 

 H}menium striate, somewhat i)ruinose, concolorous. 



In wet places in woods; rare. Nearly an inch in height, the 

 pileus f of an inch in diameter. The pileus has circular bands 

 or zones upon its surface, and is distinctly radiate-striate with an 

 entire margin. 



2. T. TEPHRoLF.rcA, H. <S: C. Pileus soft-coriaceous, suhiii- 

 fundibuliform, more or less lobed, rugose, whitish. Stipe ( cntral. 

 whitish or brownish. Hymenium striate, brownish below. |)ale 

 above. 



