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Thelephora badia. Hook, in KuntKs Si/Ji. v, 1. p. 12. Humb. 

 et Kunth, Nov. Gen. PI. Mq. v. 6. p. 73. t 628. 



Hab. In ripa fluminis Magdalenae, prope Mompox; regno 

 Novo-Granatensi. Humboldt. 



Pileus magnitudine variat, 3-5 uncias longus, ad 4 uncias 

 latus, flabelliformis, lobatus, planiusculus vel etiam de- 

 pressus, totus tomentoso-hirsutus, subfloccosus, etiam ad 

 marginem hirsutus, intense badius, lineis depressis magis 

 minusve profundis, distincte et pulcherrime zonatus, 

 interdum nigris, glabris. Substantia cfassiuscula, cori- 

 acea. Subtus omnino laevis atque glaber est hie fungus, 

 colore hepatico-cinerascens. 



I am not aware of any described species of Thelephora 

 which at all approaches the present, except it be the Thele- 

 phora Ostrea^ a native of Java, described and figured by 

 Dr. Nees von Esenbeck in the 13th vol. of the Acta Academice, 

 p. 13. t. 2., but that differs not only in the colour, but also 

 in the texture, which is as thin as in the following species. 



Fig. 1, Section of the Fungus, seen from beneath: — slightly 

 magnijied. 



2. Thelephora Kunzii ; pileo dimidiato sessili, coriaceo mem- 

 branaceo tenui rigido fragili, fusco sericeo-velutino mar- 

 ginato zonis minutis concoloribus, 1^2 unc. lato, H unc. 

 longo, subtus pruinoso ferrugineo. Klotzsch, MSS. (Tab. 

 LXXXV.) 



Thelephora badia. Kunze in Weig. exs. Turin, (non Hook.) 



Hab. E Surinamo communicavit Prof. Kunze. 



Parva et pulcherrima species, 2 uncias longa, 2-3 uncias lata. 

 Pileus depressus, ferrugineus, nitidus, sub lente obscure 

 floccosus, pilis arete appressis fere adglutinatis, tenuiter 

 zonatus. Substantia membranaceo-chartacea, undulata; 

 subtus glaber, rufescens. Color ochraceus. 



From the above description, it will be seen that this Thele- 

 phora differs from the preceding in size, colour, and espe- 



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