124 Hymenomj-cetese, Thelephoraceas, Corticium. 



gineque plus minus inflexo ; pagina externa punctis rufidis signata; 

 hymenio albido vix rufescenti; sporis hyalinis, ovoideis, 10^4. 



Hah. ad ramiilos eraortuos Buttnerias glabrescentis pr. Quito, 

 ^quatoria. 



C0RT8CIUM Fr. — Syll VI, p. 603, IX. p. 230. — Cfr. Grev. XX, p. 12. 



1. Corticiurn pezizoideum (Schw.) Schrenk Bull.Torr. Cl. 1894, p. 385, 772 

 Peziza pezizoidea Schw. Syll. IV, p. 644. Hypocrea Richardsoni 

 Berk. et Mont., Sacc. Syll. U, p. 528. 



Hab. in ramis populeis frequens in Amer. bor. — Basidia 

 clavulata, 4-sterigmica, 5-6 u.. cr. ; sporse allantoideae, 5-7^:1,5; 

 cystidJa clavulala obsolete apice bi-trifurcata. 



2. Cortlcium subrepandum Berk. et Cook. Grev. Vf, p. 81. — Suhco- 773 

 riaceum, primo pezizoideum, orbiculare, deraum applanatum con- 

 fluens; hymenio marginato subochraceo, sicco rimoso margine li- 

 bero; sporis late ellipsoideis, basi apiculatis, 12 = 7-8. 



Hab. in ligno putrescenti, Newfield N. J. Amer. bor, 



3. Cortlcium crQceum (Pat.) Sacc. Aleurodiscu^ croceus Pat. Bull. 774 

 Soc. Myc. 1893, p. 133. — Erumpens, cupuliforme, orbiculare v. 

 eiongatum, carnoso-coriaceum, margine recto, inflexo, ciliato, pa- 

 gina externa alba, villosa; hyraenio levi plano v. concaviusculo, cro- 

 ceo-aurantiaco, pruina alba consperso; basidiis praeiongis 140=25, 

 clavatis, obtusis, sterigmata 4 valida 25 = 5 gerentibus, piiis hj- 

 menicis apicem versus raultispinosis intermixtis; sporis globoso-ovoi- 

 deis, hyalinis, levibus dein asperuliS; 25-28 3 20. 



Hab. in ramis Melastomatis in A^quatoria. — Coutextus cro- 

 ceus. inferne albidus. C. amorpho afiine. 



A. Corticium albo-flavescens Ell. et Ev. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1894, p. 324. 775 

 — Suborbiculare fere pezizoideum dein irregulare, albo-lacteum, 

 superficie pallide olivaceo- v. flavido-pruinosum, margine albo sub- 

 fimbriato ; sporis copiosis, globosis, l-guttatis, 4-6 ^j.. diain. dilute 

 coloratis. 



Hab. in truncis emortuis stantibus Kalmiae latifoiiae, Nuttaliburg, 

 W. Va. Amer. bor. (Nuttall ) 



5. Corticium pezizoides Pat. Journ. Bot. 18^1. p. 314. — Sessile, ex- 77« 

 pansum, orbiculare, pezizoideum, glabrum, translucidum. tenue; 

 hymenio cinereo levique in sicco unduiato et violaceo-hrunneo 

 humiditate, margine obtusc et infiato; basidiis clavitormibus, !on- 

 gissimis; sporis ovoifleo-cylindraceis, sul)curvulis, lateraliter inser- 

 tis, levibus, hyalinis viridescentibus 8-10 = 5. 



