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ATTEICULARIXI. 



Gen. 38. 



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STEREUIVI, Fr. 



Hjmenmm coriaceous, rather thick, 

 concrete with the intermediate stratum 

 of the pileus, which has a cuticle, al- 

 ways even and veinless, unchangeable, 

 not beset with bristles. (Fig. 81. J 



Fig. 81. 



910. 



Stereum purpureum. Fr. '' Purple Stereum." 



Coriaceous, soft; pileus effuso-reflexed, obsoletelj zoned, 

 rilloso-tomentose, jiallid or whitish ; hymenium naked, even, 

 smooth, purplish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 548. Sow. ^, 388,/. 1. Bull, t, 

 4:83, f. 1. IJesm. exs. no. 117, 414. Mich. t. 66,/.4. Huss. i. t. 20. 

 (Batsch.f. 131. var.) Thelephora purpurea, Eng. Fl.\. p. 166. 

 Berk. exs. no. 147. 



On fallen trunks, especially poplar. 



Common. 

 [United States.] 



Perennial. Tn general densely imbricated, soft but coriaceous, very rigid 

 when dry, deeply zoned, strigose,, but not so much as in the next species ; 

 margin much waved, and almost plicate, varying greatly in colour, whitish, 

 yellowish-pallid lilac, and with frequently a black zone near the margin. 

 Hymenium smooth, in general of a fine purple or lilac, at length cinereous, 

 sometimes dark brown. — M. J. B 



911. 



Stereuxn hirsutuzn. F,-. '• Hairy Stereum." 



Coriaceous ; pileus effused and reflexed, strigose, hairy, some- 

 what zoned, becoming pallid; margin rather obtuse, yellow; 

 hymenium even, smooth, naked, juiceless, yellowish, unchanged 

 when bruised. — Fr. Epicr.p. 549. Sow. t. 27. Gi'ev.t. 256. Fl. 

 Dan.t. 1109 (1738/. 1. far.; Bull.t.21^{483,f.2,4,var.) Desm. 

 exs. no. IIC>. Price, f. 8. Mich.t.m,f.2. Berk. Outl. t. 17, f. 7. 

 Iluss. i. t. 58. Thelenhora hirsuta, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 1G6. Cooke, exs. 

 no. 307. Bahh. F.E. no. 1109. Berk. exs. no. 146. 



On stumps, &c. Common everywhere. [United States.] 



