LEATHER FUNGI 



115 



dark gray, the small faint folds more or less united: spores clear, globoid. 6- 

 8 X 5-6)U. The name of clouhtlul ;i|i|)Ii(ation. 

 On the ground in woods; cxcelK'iU. 



'riii:i,i:ni()K.\ 



('a|i funnel-form to lan-slui|n'd or irregular, IrallKTV. the h\nR'niuin smooth or 

 slightlv wrinkled. A genus of widely different forms, closely related to (' r a t e r e 1- 

 1 u s, and to the two following genera as wi'll. The forms ai'c all leathery, and hence 

 n(U edible. The name refers to tlie more or less wrinkled li\nienium. 



FniUKK 78. CrA ri'.RELLUS corxucopioides 



Key to the Species 



1. Cap funnel-form, snow white 



2. Ca}) fan-shaped, or more or less irregular 



a. Caj) narrowlv fan-shaped, erect, whitish 



b. Cap shelf-like, somewhat imbricati'd. rust-brown 



T . soxi'crbyi 



T. schwi'initzii 

 T. laciniata 



Thelephora sowerbyi Snowy Thelephora 



C a ]) 2-5 cm. tall, snowy white, zoneless, rough with radiating lines, leathery- 

 woody, entire, funnel-form ; h y m e n i u m smooth ; spores irregularly globose, 

 angled, clear, 7-8/x. Named after the English botanist. Sowerby. 



In trooi)s or small clusters on the ground in woodland or in openings. 



