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Sect. 1. Mesopus. 



890. Thelephora Sowerbei. Bcrh. " Sowerby's Thelephora." 



White, infundibuliform, at length discoloured, rough and 

 aculeate above, hjmenium not setulose. — B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. 

 1865, 7Z0. 1027*. Berlt. Outl.p. 266. Sow. t. 155. 



On the ground in woods. Rare. Burnham Beeches. 



When fresh of a pure white, when exposed to the weather it assumes a 

 dingy yellow tinge here and there. The hymenium is not in the slightest 

 degree setulose. The pileus is rough, with radiating processes projecting 

 from the surface. Sowerby's figure was evidently taken from discoloured 

 specimens, but is very faithful. — J/. /. JB. 



891. Thelephora multizonata. B, ^^ Br. "Many-zoned 



Thelephora." 



Pileus multiplex, infundibuliform, originating from the vari- 

 able confluent lobes and stems, above of a beautiful fleshy-red, 

 and much zoned ; margin lobato-crenulate, hymenium finely 

 ribbed, paler, smooth. — Ann. N.H. 1865,720. 1028, t. xiii./. 4. T. 

 pannosa, Eng.Fl. Y.p. 163. T. Soiverhei,Berh. Outl. in j^art. 



On the ground. Cotterstock. 



Forming a dense mass, of a beautiful reddish tint ; flesh and stem zoned 

 within. Perfectly distinct from Sowerby's plant, with which it is confounded 

 in Eng. Fl. and Berk. Outh 



892. Thelephora tul^erosa. Grev. " Tuberous Thelephora." 



Subcoriaceous, smooth, pallid, becoming rufous ; pileus cut 

 down to the bulbous stem into compressed branches, disposed in 

 an infundibuliform manner, hymenium inferior, smooth. — Fr. 

 Epicr.p. 535. Grev. t. 178. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 161. 



On the ground. Rare. Edinburgh. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Scattered, subcoriaceous, about 1 in. high ; pileus about two-thirds of the 

 height of the entire plant, variously divided into compressed, acute, or ob- 

 tuse branches. The main brandies are given off from the same point, and 

 are disposed in a circular manner, leaving the centre free, and somewhat 

 infundibuliform ; stem nearly cj'lindrical, obscurely furrowed, or lacunose, 

 bulbous at the base. Hymenium covering the whole plant except the stem. 

 Spores oval, numerous. — Grev. 



893. Thelephora anthocephala. Fr. "Flower-headed 



Thelephora." 



Coriaceous, soft, subferruginous ; pileus divided to the simple, 

 equal, villous stem, into sub-erect lacinia^, which are dilated up- 

 wards, and fimbriate, becoming whitish ; hymenium inferior, 



