THELEPHORA. 105 



Thelephora intybacea. Pers. 



Caespitose, soft, whitish, then reddish-hrown ; stems more 

 or less confluent ; pileoli imbricated, fibrous, margin ex- 

 panded, whitish, becomin<j; dark ; hymenium papillose, spores 

 subglobose, rough, vinous, 7-9 /x. 



ThelepJiora intijhacea, Fr., Hym. Eur. 635; Stev.,-B. Fung, 

 ii. 264. 



On the ground. Tufts 1^-2 in. high, erect or with laterally 

 spreading, subtriangular pilei from 1-2 in. across. 



** Pilei imbricated, horizontal. 



Thelephora terrestris. Ehrh. 



Tufted, soft, brown, then blackish ; pileoli overlapping, 

 flattened, more or less circular in outline, strigose; hymenium 

 radiato- rugose ; spores subglobose, vinous, war ted, 8-10, 



Thelephora terrestris, Berk., Outl., p. 267 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 896 ; Stev., B. Fung. 264. 



On the ground in fir woods. Variable in size, segments 

 sometimes subdivided, from 1-2 in. across. 



Thelephora laciniata. Pers. (figs. 23, 24, p. 97.) 

 Vinous, browu, soft, iucrusting, lobes thin, overlapping, 

 subrotund, fibroso-scaly, margin coarsely fibrose, at first 

 whitish ; hymenium inferior, radiato-rugulose, papillose ; 

 spores subglobose, vinous, rough, 6-9 /x. 



Thelephora laciniata. Berk., Outl. p. 268 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 n. 899 ; Stev., B. F. ii. p. 264. 



On fir-stumps, running up stems of heather, &c., and on 

 the ground in fir- woods. Perennial. Variable in size, often 

 extending for several inches. Known from T. terrestris by 

 the coarsely fibrous pileus and the shaggy margin. 



Thelephora biennis. Fr. 



Greyish-brown or ochraceous, sometimes with a vinous 

 tinge, soft, incrusting ; pilei tomentose with the fringed 

 margin often reflexed ; hymenium almost even; spores 

 8uV>globose, rougli, vinous, 9-11 /x. 



Thelephora hiennis, Berk., Outl., p. 268 ; Cke., Hdbk. 900 ; 

 Stev., B. F. ii. 264. 



On the ground, stones, wood, &c. Often broadly effused, 

 incrusting everything near, pale ochraceous, greyish-brown 



