314 ATJRICULAEINI. 



On the ground, incrusting stones, &c. Eare. Kew and 

 Bowood. [Mid. and Up. Carolina.] 



901. Thelephoxa fastidiosa. Fr. " Stinking Thelephora." 



Effused, soft, amori^hous, incrusting, white, passing into 

 laminose branches ; hymenium inferior, at length rufous, papil- 

 lose. — I'r. Epicr. p, 540. Ann. N.H. no. 285. 



On the ground. Foetid. 



Distinguishable at once by its abominable odour, wMcli renaains for a long 

 time in dried specimens.- M. J.B. 



902. Thelephora byssoides. P. " Byssoid Thelephora." 



Irregularly effused, at first byssoid, ochraceous-white, then in 

 a compact, fleshy disc, pulverulent, yellowish, circumference 

 byssoid, whitish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 542. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 168. Berk. 

 exs.no. 20. FLDan.t.227G.f.2. 



On the ground amongst fir leaves, &c. 



Patches 1 ft. or more broad, at first ^vhite, very thin, soft and cottony, 

 but not radiating, with a slight ochraceous tinge in the centre, gradually 

 thickening, and becoming more or less tuberculated; at length of a more or 

 less intense yellow-brown from the ejection of the oval, obtuse spores. — 

 M. J. B. 



Sect. 4. Besupinatus. 



903. Thelephoxa caesia. P. " Ash-grey Thelephora." 



Effused, determinate, soft, continuous, ashy-grey ; hymenium 

 nearly even; setae quaternate. — Fr. Epicr.p.bH. Nees.f. 264:. 

 Pers. Obs. i. t. 3.f. 6. Ann. N.H. no. oC5. Berk. Outl.p.26d. 



On the ground in woods. 



The surface is sometimes quite smooth, sometimes distinctly papillose. — 

 M.J.B. 



904. Thelephora sebacea. Fr. " Waxy Thelephora." 



Effused, fleshy, waxy, becoming hard, incrusting, variable, 

 tuberculose or stalactitic, whitish, circumference similar; hyme- 

 nium flocculose, pruinose, or evanescent. — Fr. Epicr. p)- 542. 

 Pers. Comm. t. 4c. f. 4. Fl. Dan. 1. 1302. Leiell. t. 607./. 3. Berk, 

 Ouil.t.ll.f.G. Bon.t.l2.f.2b3. Klexs.no.lSU. 



On grass, &c. Common. [United States.] 



