Thelephoreas. llypochnus. 653 



1. Michenera Artocreas B. et C. Cub. Fungi u. 413, A)'ioc/'eas Mi- 'ni2 

 cheneri B. et C. Futig. of Ceyl. p. 73. — Extus alba, totnentosa; 

 hymenio rufo; sporis ovatis longe, obtuse apiculatis, pedicellatis, 



30 u. long. 



Hab. ad ramos emortuos Fraxini sambucifolijfi, Lake Pleasant 

 New Yorlv Amer. foeder. (Peck), in Pensylvania (Michener), Cubce 

 ad truncos arborura (C. Wright). — Sporas, stipite incluso, 60 /j.. 

 long., absque stipite 25-30. Placentae 6-18 ram. lataa ; margo eleva- 

 tus, tomentosus; hymenium rimosura, rufo-umbrinum sitnile Corti- 

 cii ochrnleuci. 



2. Michenera poroniaeformis B. et Br. Journ. Linn. Soc. XIV, p. 73, "743 

 Aftocreas t. II, f. 5. — Erumpens; receptaculo hemisphcerico, pal- 

 lide rufo; hymenio albido; sporis globosis, 24-28 ^i. diara. 



Hab. ad cortices in ins. Ceylon (Thwaites). — Admodum simi- 

 le iraperfecto Crncibulo. CL G. Massee speciem denuo scrutatus 

 (Cfr. Journ. R. Micr. Soc. Apr. 1888, p. 173, t. IV) invenlt typum 

 iiovfe familiae inter I^idulariaceas et Hymenogastreas mediae *). 



HYPOCHNUS Fr. Obs. II, p. 278, Hym, Eur. p. 659 (Etym. hypo sub 

 et chnoos lanugo). — Fungi resupinati, merabranacei, homogenei. 

 floccoso-collabentes, fere mucedinei. Hyphffi subhymeniales et hy- 

 raeniales filiformes, ssepissime ramosae et anastomosactos, apice ba- 

 sidia clavata 2-4-6-sterigmica gerentes. Sporaj globos.-e v. ovoideae, 

 hyalinse v. coloratae, leves v. spinulosse. 



Ad Zygodesnmm inter Hyphomycetes maxima accedit, imrao plure.s ejus 

 species Hypochnum melius spectant. ConferantBr Zyp. fuscus, Z. violaceo- 

 fuscus, Z. muricatus, Z. diffusus (Syl!. V, p. 284-287). Ceterum goniis epi- 

 crisi raaxiraeegetquoque ex qo quod species su» quBBdam ad Corliamm propius 

 forte pertinent et species noanullfe Thelephorce at Corticii ad Hypochnum 

 maxirae nutant. 111. Sehroter (Schles. Pilze p. 415) recte geaus in tria divul- 



*) Data occasione, characteres ab eo transcribo. .• Matalese Massee 1. c. 

 Peridiura primo clausura, dein apertura. Gleba multilocularis, dissepimentis 

 crassis, non scissilibus peridioque continuis. Cellula vel loculi ad parietes 

 hymeniferi, basidiis cylindricis vel subclavatis 1-2-sporis. 



Matula Mass. 1. c. Peridium ses.sile, prima a3tate globosum, mox cylin- 

 dricum, rcgulariter apice dohiscens. Gleba maltilocularis, loculis rotundato- 

 irregularibus. Sporae globosae. 



Matula poronioeformis (B. et Br.) Mass. 1. c. Artocrc.a ptironiaform'} 

 B. et Br. 1. c. 



