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Fig. 26 



H. anomala. 



Section, a, X 120; seta, 6, and cystidia, 

 c, X 375. From type. 



W. A. Murrill S W. Harris, 926, comm. by N. Y. Bot. Grard. 

 Herb. 



30. H. anomala Burt, n. sp. 



Type: in Burt Herb, and N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb. 

 Fructification resupinate, adnate, thin, vinaceous-buff, 

 cracked, the margin determinate ; in structure 75-125 /u thick, 



lacking a hyphal layer, 

 composed o f scattered 

 setae, cystidia, suberect, 

 colorless, incrusted hyphae, 

 and crystalline matter ; 

 setae 20-50x4^ At, emerg- 

 ing up to 20 n but usually 

 not emerging, flexuous, ta- 

 pering upward, starting 

 from all parts of the setigerous layer; cystidia colorless, in- 

 crusted, 16-20x6 /x, not emergent; spores hyaline, even, 

 4x2i li. 



Fructification 2^ cm. X5 mm., broken off at one end. 

 On prostrate decorticated limbs in dry thickets. Cuba. 

 March. Eare. 



H. anomala is noteworthy by its pale color, small fructifica- 

 tion, setae only rarely protruding, and incrusted hyphae and 

 cystidia. It differs from H. cervina in paler color outside and 

 within, and in having cystidia. 



Specimens examined: 

 Cuba: Managua, Earle & Murrill, 36, type, comm. by N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb. 



31. H. corrugata (Fr.) Leveille, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. III. 



5 : 152. 1846; Cooke, Grevillea 8 : 147. 1880; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 



6 : 595. 1888; Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 27 : 110. 1890. 

 Thelephora corrugata Fries, Obs. Myc. 1 : 154. 1815 ; Elen- 



chus Fung. 1 : 224. 1828; Persoon, Myc. Eur. 1 : 134. 1822.— 

 Corticium corrugatum Fries, Epicr. 565. 1838; Hym. Eur. 656. 

 1874. — Hymenochaete insularis Berkeley, Grevillea 1 : 165. 

 1873; Cooke, Grevillea 8 : 148. 1880; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6 : 598. 

 1888; Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 27 : 107. 1890. 



