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fimbriatis constipatis anastomosantibusque efformatis; sporis elli- 

 psoideo-ovatis, leniter insequilateralibus, 4-5 « 2-3, levibus, liyalinis. 

 Hah. ad truncos ramosque putrescentes in silvis secus Rio Oa- 

 ramillo, Salto, Argentina. 



4. Thelephora Serrei Pat. et Har., Bull. Soc. Myc. de Fr., XXII 1469 

 (1906) p. 116. — Terrestris; alba, e mycelio candido floccoso ter- 

 ram conglobante orta, erecta, densissime gregaria, plus minus con- 

 nata, stipiti cylindraceo glabro; rigido, in laminas cuneiformes, 

 erectas apice plus minus incisas ssepe coniiuentes, molem spongi- 

 formem efformantes, abeunti ; bymenio cystidiato amphigeno, e 

 basidiis minutis unicellularibus tetrasporis formato; sporis liyalinis, 

 ovoideis, levibus, 4*3; trama liomogenea dura ex hyphis graci- 

 libus circiter 3 jj.. cr., dense approximatis, longissimis. 



Hdb. ad terram in ins. Java (P. Serre). 



5. Thelephora spadicea Bres. in v. Hohnel, Ergeb. bot. Exp. Siib- 1470 

 bras. 1901 Eumyc. et Myx. in Denk. k. Ak. d Wiss. Wien, Bd. 

 LXXXIII (1907) p. 9. — Ctespitosa, e basi ramosissima, rarius 

 trunco gracili, 5-12 mm. longo, 1 mm. crasso, pricdita, spadiceo- 

 fusca, 6-8 cm. alta; ramis verticiliatim repetito-ramosls, teretibus 



e farcto subcavis, apice acuminatis, ruguloso-scabris ; sporis glo- 

 bosis, luteo-fuscis, scabriusculis, 6-8 [j. diam. ; hyphis contextus 

 fulvis, 2 y,-3 [j.. cr. 



Hah. ad radices in aqua immersas prope Sao Paulo Brasilia\ — 

 Habitus Lachnocladii sed sporis coloratis ad Thelephoras du- 

 cenda. 



6. Thelephora tuberosa Speg., An. Mus. ISTac. Buenos Aires, t. XIX 1471 

 (1909_) p. 276. — Pileis obconoideo-infundibuliformibus 30-60 mm, 

 diam. et alt., tenacibus rigidis 2-4 mm. cr., superne fuligineis v. 

 atro-fuscis obsolete concentrice zonatis, hinc inde irregulariter scru- 

 pulosis saepeque plagulis velutinis vel hirsutis ornatis, margine 

 sensim attenuatis, rectis, erosulo-rep indis, pallidioribus, inferne (hy- 

 menio) levissimis vel leniter undulatis, primo albis vel subcoesiis 

 serius pallide ochroleucis; stipitibus breviusculis crassis, 15-40 mm. 

 long., 5-15 mm. cr., apice linea callosa sinuosa abrupte ab hyme- 



nio limitatis, subteretibus rectis v. flexuosis ubique glabris v. deor- 

 sum subsquarruloso-velutinis, sordide fusco-fuligineis e tubere ir- 

 regulariter ex ovato subgloboso 40-60 mm. diam., sordide atro, 

 undulato-subnodoso fultis; carne pilei et stipitis alba compacta 

 fibrosa, tuberis subsuberosa friabili etiam alba; sporis non visis. 

 Hah. in humo et terra ad cavitates truncorum cariosorum in 



