306 



HTDNEI. 



Between flesliy and membranaceous, tough, at first orbicular, then dilated, 

 confluent, 1-3 iuclies broad; margin free, smooth, but beautifully fibroso- 

 radiated ; folds radiating from the centre, short, interwoven, very close. — 

 Frie.'^. Thicker thau P. merismoides, and bright in colour, almost orange. — 

 M. J. B. 



879. 



Fhlebia contoxta. Fr. " Contorted Phlebia." 



Effuse, rather firm, rufous, then brown, smooth on both sides, 

 circumference indeterminate, folds here and there conglomerate, 

 or ramulose, somewhat flexuose, irregularly disposed. — Fr. 

 Epicr.p. 526. Pers. M.E. 1. 18./ 5. 



On decayed wood. Rare. 



Eflfused and contorted, substance firmer than in the last, folds not radia- 

 ting, but sometimes scattered and sometimes conglomerated. 



880. 



Phlebia vaga. Fr. " Rambling Phlebia." 



Effuse, adnate ; circumference byssoid or fibrillose, dirty-yel- 

 lowish ; hymenium yellowish-grey ; veins creeping, intricate, at 

 length coalescing, and granuloso-papillose. — Fr. Epicr. p. 527. 

 Ann. N.H.no. 51. Loudon,/. 16126. 



On decayed wood. Common. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



Arachnoid at first, tben traversed with intricate fructifying veins, rather 

 than wrinkles, which multiply rapidly and form an intricate mass. — M. J. B. 



Gen. 33. 



GRANDZNXA, Fr. Gen. Hym. 



Hymenium waxy, granulated ; 



granules obtuse, entire, equal, 



crowded, smooth, persistent. 



{Fig.n.) ^ 



Hymenium amphigenous, continu- 

 ous, waxy, papillose, warty, orgranu- 

 lose ; the granules globular or hemis- 

 pherical, entire, obtuse, crowded, re- 

 gular, glabrous, persistent. Incrust- 

 ing, spreading, soft fungi. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 527. 



Fis. 76. 



881. 



Grandinia papulosa. F?'. "Papillose Grandinia." 



Membranaceous, subrotund, entire, seceding, milk white, smooth 

 and yellowish beneath ; circumference furfuraceous ; hymenium 

 very much cracked ; granules minute, crowded, equal, subsphe- 



