166 - FUNGI. [ThelepJiora. 



being rigid and in consequence shrivelling when dry and losing all its 

 beaifty, whereas T. rubiginosa is scarcely altered at all. Margin in 

 general reflexed all rouud. 



11. T.rugosa, Pers. {coarse Tlielephora) ; broadly effused, 

 plleus coriaceous thick at length rigid the extreme margin only 

 reliexed, at length smooth bro^ynish, hymenium yellowish 

 chano-ino- slightly to blood-colour when bruised. Pers, Syn. 

 p. 569.° Fr. Syst. Myc, v. 1. p. 439. BL v. 1. p. 177.— r. 

 corylea^ Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 408. 



On trees, especially hasel : probably not uncommon. Auchindenny 

 woods near Edinburgh, Dr. GreviUe. Cotterstock, &c., Norths. Rev. M, 

 J. BerJieleij. It has been found also in Scotland by M. Klotzsch. — 

 Differing from every state of the following species, in assuming a blood- 

 coloured stain when scratched. The inner substance in some of my 

 specimens is zoned, and it is quite evident that in these a new layer 

 has been formed every year, each projecting beyond that of the foregoing 

 year, so that the margin of the pileus has a zoned appearance. 



12. T, hirsuta, Willd. (common Thelephora) ; effuso-reflexed 

 coriaceous strigose, smooth beneath, even buff. Willd. Ber. 

 p. 397. \fide Fr.) Pers. Syn. p. 370. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. 

 p. 439. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 407 Auricularia reflexa, Bull. L 274. 



Sow. t. 27. With. V. 4. p. 301. Part. Midi. Fl. v. 2 4- 3. 

 n. 1020. Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. ^.256. — Th. intyhacea, Grev. ! 

 Fl. Ed. p. 407 [old).—Peziza cellularia, Soiv. t. 9\. 



On sticks, pales, fallen trees, &c. : very common. Perennial. — 

 Extremely variable. At first resupinate, at length generally reflexed, 

 often imbricated, more or less zoned, strigose, tough and leathery, but 

 not rigid, buff,yellov,^ish or greyish, often acquiring a greenish tinge from 

 the presence of minute Algce. Hymenium smooth, even, buff, some- 

 times cinereous ; margin entire, more or less lobed. Th. intyhacea, 

 Grev. is certainly only an old permanently resupinate state, the margin 

 being sometimes very much lobed. 



13. T. purpurea^ Pers. {lilac Thelephora); imbricated sub- 

 coriaceous zoned strigose, smooth beneath purple. Pers. Syn. 

 p. 571. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 407. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 440.— 

 Auricularia refiexa, Bull. t. 483./ X—b.^A.'^persistens, Sow, 

 t. 388. f. 1. Purt. 3Iidl Fl. v. 2. 7i. 1025.— T. elegans, Purt, 

 I. c. V. 2. 7?. 1024. t. 6. S)' V. S.p. 455. Sow! t. 412. f. 1. 



Stumps, fallen trees, &c. Very common. Perennial.— In general 

 densely imbricated, soft but coriaceous, very rigid when dry, deeply 

 zoned, strigose, but not so much as in the foregoing species, the 

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

 whitish, yellowish, pallid-lilac, &c., with frequently a black zone near 

 the margin. Hi/meniwn smooth, in general of a fine purple or lilac, 

 at length cinereous, sometimes dark-brown. Certainly distinct from 

 Th. hirsuta, though some states are difficult to discriminate.^ An 

 authentic specimen from Mr. Sov,'erby's collection proves that his A. 

 elegans is only a state of this, as may also be inferred from Mr, Purton*s 

 account. 1 have, however, specimens gathered on the bark of a willow, 

 about which I am not so certain, as they are extremely thin, the hy- 



