102 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



coarsely fibrilloso margin ; liymenium fleshy, clingy cinna- 

 mon, cracked when dry; spores elliptical with a minute 

 basal apiculus, pale cinnamon, 11-12 x 7-8 jx. 



Coniojjhora cinnarnomea, Mass., Mon. 



Corticium cinnamomeum, Stev., Brit. 



On wood and bark. Fleshj^ and 

 cracked during drying, sometimes 



ficially resembling dark forms of Peniopliora velutina, but 

 distinguished by the coloured spores and absence of cystidia. 



Coniophora incrustans. Mass. 



Effused, indeterminate, inseparable ; hymenium pale ochra- 

 ceous or dirty white, j)ulverulent ; sjDores elliptical, very pale 

 ochraceous, 15-17 x 8-10 fj.. 



Coniophora incrustans, Mass., Mon. Thel., p. 132. 



Running over leaves, tAvigs, &c. Usually forming a thin 

 inseparable film ; when perfectly developed the hymenium 

 is compact and almost waxy in consistence, but pulverulent 

 with the mass of spores. 



Coniophora Berkeley!. Mass. 



Effused, determinate, thick ; hymenium becoming much 

 cracked, interstices silky, yellow-brown, assuming a purple 

 tinge with age ; sjiores ellipsoid with a minute apiculus at 

 the base, yellow-brown, 11-12 x 0-7 /x. 



Coniojjhora BerJccleiji, Mass., Mon. Thel., p. 135. 



On decorticated wood. Very thick and compact for a 

 Conio2)hora, hymenium becoming much cracked owing to 

 contraction during drying; the margin is sometimes minutely 

 byssoid. Sui)crficially resembling Corticium lactcscens, Berk., 

 but readily distinguished by the coloured spores. 



Coniophora puteana. Mass. 



Broadly eilused, rather thick, separable, margin minutely 

 byssoid, whitish ; liymenium dirty yellow, becoming olive- 

 brown, pulverulent, sometimes cracked ; spores brownish- 

 olive, 14-16 X 8-9 ix. 



Coniophora puteana, Mass., ]\Ion. Thel., p. 129. 



Corticium putcanum, Stev., Brit. Fung. 281. 



On bark and wood. Effused, rather thick, waxy when 

 young, sometimes separable as a thick, tough membrane. 



