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931. Coiticium atrovirens. Fr. " Black-green Cort'cmm." 



Irregularly effased, black-green, beneath and circumference 

 tomentose, of the same colour; hj'menium(?). — Fr.Epicr. p.h'o^. 

 On sticks in woods. Rare. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Mr. Berkeley states that, like Fries, he has never found this species with a 

 perfect hymenium. 



932. Corticium lactescens. Berk. '-'Juicy Corticium." 



Agglutinate, soft, waxjs^ undulated, flesh coloured, milky ; 

 margin shortly byssoid, at length cracked, interstices silky ; 

 hymenium flesh coloured, or pale salmon colour. — Berk. Outl.p. 

 274. Thelepliora lactescens, Eng.FL v. j). 169. Ann. N.H.no. 

 153. Berk, exs.no. 21. 



On decayed wood of willows, &c. 



Thin, spreading for a considerable distance over the bark, and following 

 all its inequalities, with a scarcely byssoid border, inner substance variegated 

 with bands of different shades running parallel with the surface. When 

 broken it gives out a milky juice which in taste and smell resembles exactly 

 that of Lactariiis quietus.— JJt. J. B. 



Sect. 3. Leiostroma. 



933. Corticium calceum. Fr. '• Chalky Corticium." 



Effused, agglutinate, waxy, quite smooth, white, circumference 

 similar, hymenium even, smooth, cracked when dry. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 562. ThelepTiora calcea, Eng. Fl. y.p. 170. Kl. exs. no. 325. 



On pine wood. Common. [United States.] 



Unequal in thickness, effused, hard, extending over several inches; hyme- 

 nium white, discoloured in age, much cracked, papillose, sometimes quite 

 plane and smooth. — Grev. 



934. Cozticium lividuxn. P. - Livid Corticium.'' 



Effused, agglutinate, waxy, soft, smooth, changing colour, 

 circumference similar, hymenium even, naked, rather viscid, 

 cracked when dry. — Fr. Epicr. p. 563. Berk. Outl.p. 21 o. Thele- 

 phora livida, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 171. 



On wood. Appin. 



In the same individuals the colour will be livid-blue and purplish-brown. 



935. Corticium ochraceuxn. Fr. "Ochraceous Corticium." 



Effused, agglutinate, waxy, soft, at length smooth, circum- 

 ference white, somewhat radiating, evanescent ; hymenium pallid, 



