Thelephora.] FUNGI. 165 



On the ground in beech woods, spreading over mosses, grass, &:c. — 

 Whitish, greyish, or purplish-brown. At first quite resupinate ; 

 gradually extending over neighbouring substances and thus acquiring a 

 branched appearance ; the apices compressed, expanded and beautifully 

 fringed or laciuiated. The mode of growth of this fungus clearly shows 

 that its nearest affinity can scarcely be with the species with which it 

 is associated, however strong the analogy may be, and it affords an 

 additional proof that the genus Merisnia is not founded in nature, there 

 being at least two diiFerent ways in which Thelephora. mixy undergo a 

 transformation so as to exhibit the circumambient hymenium oi 31erisma. 



*** Pileus sessile. 



' 7. T. terrestris, Ehih. (ground Thelephora) ; dusky-brown, 

 pile! dimidiate fibroso-strigose, stem very short. Ehih. Crypt, 

 n. \7S. {Jide Fr.) Pers. Sy?i. jJ. 566. Nees, Syst.f.2i>L Jr. 

 Syst. Myc. V. 1. p. 431. (3irev. Ft. Ed. p. 407. — Auricular ia 

 caryophyllea, Bull. t. 278. 



Fir woods : autumn. Swanston Wood near Edinburgh, Dr. Grevilk. 

 — Pileus 1 — 2 inches across, somewhat zoned ; papillae scattered. 



8. T. laciuiata, Pers. (fringed Thelephora) ; ferruginous- 

 brown, pilei fibroso-squamose (rugose), margin crisped and 

 laciniated. Pers. Syn. p. 567. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. ^^. 431. 

 Grev. FL Ed. p. 406. Scot. Crypt. FL t. 264.— Heir el la caryo- 



phyllea, Bolt. t. 173. — Auricular ia caryophyllea^ Bull. t. 483. 

 / 6, 7. Sow. ^.213. 



On the ground, especially in fir woods : common. — Very nearly 

 allied to the last but larger, paler and not so strigose the fibres being 

 adnate, forming little ridges rather than scales ; margin fringed and 

 laciniated, papilla; closer. J have not quoted the synonyms of \\ ithering 

 and Purton, as the two species are confounded by them and the syno- 

 nym and descrijnion of Schoeffer belong to a ditiorent species. 



**** Pileus 7nore cr less rejlexed, 



9. T. ruhiginosa, Sclirad. (rusty Thehphora) ; imbricated 

 rigid somewhat banded or grooved rusty reddish-brown, 

 beneatli velvety papillose. Schrad. Spic. p. 185. {Jide Fr.) 



Pers. Sipt. J). 507. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 408 Auricularia ferru- 



gitiea, Bull. t. 878. Sou\ t. 26. With. v. 4. ;;. 300. Purt. 

 Midi. Fl. V. 2 S)- 3. n. 1023. 



On oak rails, trunks, &c. Common. Perennial. — At first resupinate, 

 at length reflexcd, the lower margin generally adiiering firnd}', very 

 rigid and brittle, often so deeply grooved as to cause corresponding 

 ridges in the hymenium, which is velvety anil coarsely but sparingly 

 paj)illose. Margin paler and minutely tomcntosc. 



10. T. tahacina, Sow. (Tobacco Thelephora); effuso-reflexed 

 thin and flexible silky ferruginous pubescent beneatli. Fr. 

 tSyst. Myc. V. 1. /?. 437. — Auricularia A'icotiaua, Bolt. t. 174. 

 iVith. 4. p. 300.— yl. tabucina, Sow. t. 28. Purt. Midi. Fl. 

 r. 3. n. 141)8. 



On hasel : not very common. — Diflcrs from the foregoing in not 



