322 AURICULARINI. 



At first forming small scattered patches, whicli at length become more or 

 less confluent, the cobweb-liko fringe gradually obsolete.— il/. J". ^. 



927. Corticium velutinum. Fr. " Velvety Corticium." 



Effusctl, adnato, ficsh- coloured ; circumference with straight, 

 strigose, diverging fibres, of the same colour ; hymenium thick, 

 fleshy, soft, even, densely velvety with bristles. — Fr. Epicr.p. 

 561. Ann. N.H. 7zo. 288. 



On logs. [Carolina, U.S.] 



A very elegant species, of a pale pink, remarkable for its floccose myce- 

 lium, and the delicate frill with whicli the whole of the hymenium is clothed, 

 giving it a velvety appearance.— i/. /. B. 



928. Coiticiunx sangmneum. Fr. " Blood-red Corticium." 



Effused, loosely adhering, arachnoid beneath, blood-colour ; 

 circumference loosely fibrillose, flesh-coloured, as well as the 

 even, smooth hymenium. — Fr.Epicr.p. 561. C. 7niniatum, Berk, 

 exs. no. 251. 



On dead larch. Eare. 



929. Coirticiuxn sulfureum. Fr. *' Sulphury Corticium." 



Effused, fibrillose or byssoid, bright sulphur-coloured; hyme- 

 nium (vihen perfect) thick, waxy, soft, somewhat tawny, rimose 

 when dry. — Fr.Epicr.p. 561. Letell. t. 630. /. 4. Thelephora sul- 

 phiu^ea, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 169. 



On fallen sticks. [Mid. and Up. Carolina.] 



At first consisting of loose, distinct, byssoid fibres, in which state it fre- 

 quently remains without producing a true hymenium, next forming a thin, 

 resupinate, silky, subpulverulent stratum, with a beautiful byssoid margin, 

 at length furnished with a true hymenium, and beset with minute white 

 bristles. The loose fibrillse of a beautiful saffron yellow, the more advanced 

 stage paler, with a yellowish or cinereous tinge in the centre, the byssoid 

 margin nearly white.- Eng. Fl. 



930. Corticium coezuleuxn. Fr, " Blue Corticium." 



Roundish, then effused, adnate, at first tomentose, bright blue; 

 circumference byssoid, of the same colour or w^hitish; hyme- 

 nium waxy, soft, papillose or setulose, becoming smooth. — Fr. 

 Epicr.p. 562. Letell. t. 630./. 2. Sow. t. 350. Coolce, exs. no. 221. 

 Roth. Cat. ii. t. 9./. 2. Desm. exs. no. 396. Thelepliqra coerulea, 

 En(/.FI.Y.16S. Eabh.F.E.no.lOOo. 



On rails, &c. Common. [United States.] 



At first byssoid, but when fully developed forming a close membrane, fol- 

 lowing the undulations of the wood on which it grows, of a beautiful daik 

 satiny blue, the margin whitish.— i/. /. B. Said to be phosphorescent. 



