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Sect. 3. Apus. 



897. Thelephora cristata. Fr. " Crested Thelephora." 



Incrusting, rather tough, pallid, passmg into branches, or as- 

 cending c^espitose lacinise, apices subulate, fimbriate ; hymenium 

 papillose, on even spaces, or the sides of the branches. — Fr. 

 Upicr.p.oSd. Desm.exs. no. 362. Bull. t. Alb, f.l. Soic.t. 168. 

 Linncea.Y.t.lJ.2. Eng. FLy. p. 16-1. Bisch.f. 32d0. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 284. Berk. exs. no. 243. Fl. Dan. t. 2212^ f. 3. 



On moss, &c. 



"Wliitisli, greyish, or purpHsh brown ; at first quite resupinate, gradually 

 extending, and acquiring a branched appearance, the apices compressed, 

 expanded, and beautifully fringed or laciniated. — Eag. Fl. 



898. Thelephora mollissima. P. " Soft Thelephora." 



Fleshy, soft, incrusting ; pileus effuso-reflexed, laciniate, sub- 

 tomentose, whitish, hymenium inferior, smooth, even, purplish- 

 brown. — Fr.Epicr. p. 540. Berk. Oiitl. t. 17,/. 5. Ann. X.H. no. 

 286. Berk. exs. no. 245. Desm. exs. no. 3G2. 



On the ground in woods. 



Extremely variable, sometimes quite effused, sometimes assuming the 

 form of T. jjoAmafxi. — J/. /. B. Often incrustir-g the stems of grasses, as in 

 the figure quoted above. 



899. Thelephora laciniata. P. •• Tom Thelephora." 



Coriaceous, soft, incrusting, ferruginous brown ; pilei sub- 

 imbricated, effuso-reflexed, fibroso-scjuamose, margin fibrous, 

 fimbriated, at first whitish ; hymenium inferior, papillose, floc- 

 culose — Fr.Epicr. ^.540. Bolt. t. 173. Sow. t. 213. Fl.JJan. 

 1. 1198, 949. Eng. Fl. \,p. 165. Berk. exs. no. 242. Cooke exs. no. 

 220. 



On branches, heathy ground, &c. Common. 



[United States.] 



Larger, paler, and not so strigose as T. terrestris, the fibres being adnate 

 forming little ridges, rather than scales ; margin fringed and laciniated ; 

 papillae closer. — M. J. B. (Fig. 80.^ 



900. Thelephora biennis. Fr. '-'• Biennial Thelephora." 



Coriaceous, soft, broadly incrusting, cinereous-brown ; pilei 

 at length reflexed, narrow, tomentose; circumference fimbriated ; 

 hymenium subresupinate, smooth, subsetulose, plicate at the 

 base. — Fr. Epicr.p. 540. Bull. t. 436. Ann. N.H. no, 364. 



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