534 The!epliore£e, Thelepbora. 



substriaii, siibtus sparsim tuberculoso-echinati ; iaciniae angustaj 

 inaequilongse, acutiusculae. 



fi2. Theiephora Schweinitzii Peclc Rep. St. Mus. Th. pallida Schw. ~ym 

 Syn. Am. n. 019. — Erecta, basi quasi tuberosa solida connata, 

 stipitiformi; zonis multis acutis divisis, trunco cum pileis rnulti- 

 partito, compresso sulcato, colore statu vegeto, omiiino pallido, sed 

 hyruenio exteruis et stipitem versus. denuim rufescentibus. 



Hab. in statu New York Ainer. fojder. (Peck), in Caroi. infer. 

 et super. in Texas (Lindhermer), Nevv England (Spr.\gue), Bethle- 

 hem (Schw.). — Csfspites 15 cra. lat., 7-10 cm. alti. 



6,3. Theiephora csespitulans Schw. .^mer. bor. n. (520. — Caespites 7i3i 

 formans aititudine 2,5 cra., ramis basim versus in corpus solidum 

 concrescentibus ad dimidiain partem, tum assurgentibus strictis, 

 divisis, invicem arcte adpressis, compressis, irao subcanaliculatis, 

 obtusis plerumque in apicibus, et ibi albicantibus; colore e brunneo 

 fuligiiieo. 



iLib. ad terram Hethlehem Amer. bor. — Th. palmatcr pro- 

 xima sed habitus diversus. 



64. Thelephora anastomosans B. et C. Cub. Fungi n. 378. — Alba 7iaT 

 (sicca pallida), multifida; rarais raraulisque connatis sursura sub- 

 flabelliforniibus fimbriatis, deorsum plus minus distinctis vel in sti- 

 pitem communera confluentibus. 



TTab. ud basim truncoruni Cubse Amer. centr. (C. Wright). — 

 Circiter iYg cm. alta. .^ffinis mexicanae Th. craspedice Vv. 



G5. Thelephora padinaeformis Mont. Guy. n. 401, Syll. Crypt. n. 575. 7i3t 

 — Stipitata, coriaceo-meinbranacea, lenta, glaberrima, rufo-ba- 

 dia; pileo ad stipitem striatum in lacinias plures erectas dilatato- 

 cuneatas flabelliforraes margine crenato subrepandas stipitatasque 

 diviso, ramoso ; hyraenio infero, lutescente, glabro, levi, papillis mi- 

 nutissimis obsifo. 



Tlab. ad terram in Guyana Amer. nierid. (Lepkieur). — Teste 

 Patouillard (Journ. Bot. 1888, p. 146), cui iibenter assentior, spe- 

 cies hcec melius sub Tlydno militat. Hyraenio enira papillae mox 

 in aculeos 2-3 mm. long., acutos, facile detersiles elongantur. Ba- 

 sidia clavata, brevia, 10 = 4-5; sporae anguloso-globosa^ 4-5 'j-. 

 diain., fulvellae. 



66. Thelephorft nigeila Mont. Guy. n. 402. Syli. Crypt. n. 579. — 7135 

 Aiius, sessilis, cjospitosa, coriacea, leata, e lurido nigrata; pileo- 

 lis flabeilatis, iinbricato-coacreiis, applanatis, nudis, azonis, margine 



