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AUEICULAEINI. 



BYen. —Fr. Epkr.p. 53G. Bull. t. 452,/. 1. Beik. Outl. t. 11 J. 

 4. Sow. t. 156. Berk. exs. no. 244. T. coralloides, Eng. Fl. y.p. 

 163. 



On the ground in woods. [United States.] 



From the same point spring many erect, often confluent, pale branches, 

 spreading upwards into greyish or purplish brown, stroni^ly streaked branch- 

 lets, dispt sed frequently like the petals of a pink, their apices dilated, pale, 

 and generally fimbriated. Smell scarcely any. — M.J.B. 



694. Thelephira caryophyllea. Fr. "Clove-coloured 



Thelephora." 



Siibcoriaceous, purplish brown ; pileus depressed, fibroso- 

 lacerate; margin sometimes incised, sometimes divided into a 

 few linear branches, hymenium nearly even, smooth. — Fr. Epicr. 

 JO. 536. A7in.N. 11.710.283. Berk. exs. no. 24:1. Cooke.exs.no. 

 219. Corda. Icon.Y.f. 72. Schniiz. Sturm, t. 6. 



On the ground in woods. Rare. Bungay. [United States.] 



It assumes every form, from that of a perfect cup with a central stem to a 

 much and irregularly branched frond. — M.J.B. 



Sect. 2. Merisma. 



895. Thelephora palmata. Fr. " Palmate Thelephora." 



Coriaceous, soft, erect, very much branched, pubescent, pur- 

 plish-brown, base simple and strm-like, branches flat, even; 

 dilated above, palmate, sub-fastigiate, tips fimbriate, whitish. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 537. Grev. t. 46. Kromhli. t. 54,/. 24, 25. Holms, i. t. 

 10. Bisch.f.33l\. Nees.f.lol. En^. Fl. Y.p. 163. Smith, P.M. 

 f.\. Puihh.F.E. no. 119. 



On the ground. Very foetid. [United States,] 



Smell very bad a few minutes after gathering, varying from 5 in. to more 

 than 4 in. in height, and from a single stem to a dense mass, 2 or 3 in. in 

 thickness. - Orev. 



896. Thelephora terrestris. Fr. " Ground Thelephora." 



Csespitose, soft, brown, at length blackish; pileoli imbricated, 

 plane, fibroso-strigose, zoneless, elongated into a somewhat 

 lateral stem; margin similar ; hymenium inferior, radiato-rugose. 

 Fr.Epicr.p.b38. Nees.f.'Abl. Batscli.f. 121. Eng. Fl. y.p. 166. 

 Bail. t. 28. An7i. de. Sc.Nat. (1837) viii. t. 8./. 12, t. 11,/. 29. 



On the ground. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, somewhat zoned, papillae scattered. — Eng. Fl. 



