324 ATIEICULARINI. 



then ocliraceous, sprinkled with gold-coloured, micaceous atoms, 

 at length naked, tuberculosa or papillose. — Fr. Epicr.p. 563. 

 Berk. Outl.p. '21 o. ThelepJwra ocliracea, Eng. Fl, v. p. 170. 



On pine wood. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Covering a larg(^ surface, being often a foot or more broad, mostly resu- 

 pinate, but sometimes slightly reflexed or rather detached at the margin, 

 adhering close to the wood; margin entire in old plants, villous when young; 

 hymenium smooth ochraceous, sometimes with a faint purplish tinge, papillse 

 rather large, irregular, and spurious, being produced by the asperities of the 

 wood.— 6rrey. 



936. Corticium queircinum. P. " Oak Corticium." 



Membranaceous, waxy, at first agglutinate, indeterminate, 

 then fixed at the centre; border free and involute, blackish and 

 smooth beneath ; hymenium continuous, flesh-coloured. — Fr. 

 Fpicr. p. 66d. Nees.f. 253. Gard. Chiton. {lS()0),p. 4:81, fig. 

 Grev.t.l4:2. Bull. t. ASQ, f. 1. Cooke, exs.no. 222. Thelephora 

 quercina, Fng. Fl.y. p. 167. Rahh. F.E. no. 1211. 



On oak branches. Common. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Roundish, resupinate, the margin reflexed all round and involute ; pileus 

 smooth, black ; hymenium flesh coloured, generally cracked, more or less 

 tuberculated and wrinkled. — M. J. B. 



937. Coxticium cineireum. Fr. " Cinereous Corticium." 



Waxy, at length rigid, confluent, agglutinate, lurid ; hymenium 

 cinereous, with a very delicate bloom. — Fr. Epicr. p. 563. Desm. 

 exs. no. 119, 666. Moug. exs. no. 681. Berk. exs. no. 63, 64. Rahh. 

 F.E. no. 20. Thelephora cinerea, Eng. Fl. v. p. 172. 



On dead wood, sticks, &c. Common. [United States.] 



The principal distinctive mark of this species is its dingy colour, which 

 varies from brown to cinereous, or almost black. — M: J. B. 



938. Coirticiuni incairnatuni. Fr. "Bright-coloured 



Corticium." 



"Waxy, becoming rigid, confluent, agglutinate, circumference 

 radiating ; hymenium persistently bright coloured (red or orange), 

 covered with a delicate flesh-coloured bloom. — Fr. Epicr.p. 564. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 2035,/. 2. Berk. Outl.p. 275. Thelephora incarnata, 

 Eng.Fl. Y.p.lll. 



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



Extremely variable, forming a thin, variously, but brightly coloured 

 stratum. 



