104 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



segments with whitish, fringed tips ; hymcniiim almost even ; 

 spores subglobose, vinous, verruculose, 8-9 /x, 



Thelephora antlwccphala, Berk., Outl., 267, t. 17, f. 4; Cke., 

 Hdbk. n. 893 ; Stev., Brit. Fung., 263. 



On the ground in woods. Tufted, l-2in. high, often cut 

 to the base into wedge-shaped segments, or the segments very- 

 narrow and branched. There is often a vinous tinge about 

 the lower portion of the segments. 



Thelephora caryophyllea. Pers. 



Brownish-purple, inodorous, stem short, pileus depressed, 

 n:iargin variable, lobed or cut into narrow segments; 

 hymenium almost even; spores globose, warted, brown, 

 7—8 p.. 



Tlielcphora caryopluillea, Berk., Outl., 267 ; Sound, and Sm. 

 t. 41, f. 2; Cke., Hdbk., n. 894; Stev., Brit. Fung., ii. 262. 



_ On the ground amongst grass, under trees. Tough, 2-3 in. 

 high, pilei usually densely caespitose, cup-shaped with a 

 central stem or very much cut and irregular. 



Thelephora clavularis. Fr. 



lieddish-brown with vinous tinge, soft, branches very 

 irregular, crowded, rounded or subcompressed, smooth, jirui- 

 nose, tips acute, whitish, downy; stem very short, sub- 

 tuberous ; spores subglobose, vinous, warted, 8 x 6-7 /a. 



Theleplwra clavularis, Fr., Ilym. Eur. 634; Stev., B. Funjr. 

 263. 



On the ground. Branches densely fasciculate, rounded or 

 compressed, ending in one or more whitish, pubescent, acute 

 tips ; l-H in. high. 



Thelephora palmata. Fr. 



Foetid ; browni,sh-])iirple, soft, divided from the stem-like 

 base into numerous flattened, palmately -branched segments, 

 tips whitish, fringed ; spores subglobose, vinous, warted, 

 8-11 fx. 



Thelephora pjalmata, Fr., Berk., Outl., p. 267 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 n. 895 ; Stev., B. Fung. 263. 



On the ground in woods. Forming dense clusters 1-21- in. 

 high, distinguished by the foetid odour and wedge-shaped 

 branches. 



