ACOTVLEDONS. FUNGI. ClaVClTia. 20 



D. Gymnodermi. Pileiis varying in form, generally dimi- 

 diate, spreadi?ig, stemless, dry and coriaceous. Receptacle 

 or membrane oj the fructification smoothish or papillose. 

 29. THELEPHORA. 



Pile us coriaceous, paj)illosej rarely with minute bristles, or uniform 

 and smooth. 



1. Th. caryophyllea, somewhat imbricated purplish brown, pi- 

 leus somewhat funnel-shaped with shaggy concentric lines 

 very shaggy at the margin. Decand. Fl. Gall. p. 21. Auri- 

 cnlaria caryophyllea^ Sow. t.2\3. Heluellacaryoph., With, 

 p. 332. 



Hab. Wood and stumps of trees, near the ground, and on the ground 

 itself. At Castle Campbell. Sept. Mr. Greville. 



2. Th. rubiginosa, imbricated rigid brownish rust colour gla- 

 brous on each side, pippilloe scattered rather large. Pers. 

 p. 567. Jiuricularia J'erruginea, Sow. t. 26. Auric, ?iico- 

 iiana, With. 



Hab. On old pales and decayed wood^ not uncommon. June, July. 

 Hopk. 



3. Th.Jerruginea, effuse reflexed ferruginous, pileus thin some- 

 what downy smoothish (nearly even) hairy beneath. Pen, 

 p. 569. Auricularia tabacina, Sow. t. 25. 



Hab. Branches of decayed trees in the spring, frequent, Hopk. 



4. Th. hirsuta, a. vulgaris, caespitose coriaceous yellowisii with 

 concentric hairy lines glal)rous beneath. Pers. p. 570. Au- 

 ricularia reflexo, Sow. t. 27. 



Hab. Stumps of trees and rotten wood daring the spring, not un- 

 common, Hopk., Mr. Greville. 



5. Th. purpurea, imbricated siibgelatinous zoned downy whitish 

 purplebeneath. Pers. p.57\. Auriculariacorrugata, Sow. t. 90. 



Hab. Rotten wood and stumps of trees during most of tlic year, fre- 

 quent, Hopk. 



E, Clavf.formes. Fleshy, elongated, uniform, simple^ or 



branched Fungi, with their surface smooth. 



30. CLAVARIA. 



Clavate at the extremity, simple or branched, confluent, with 



the stipes, '* discharging its seeds from the whole surface." 



Decand. 



* CoRALLoii)E/E. Branched. 



1. CI. coralloides, branches crowded very much divided and 

 subdivided unequal. With. p. 3h9. Sow. t.27S. Lightf. 

 p. 1060. 



Hab. Woods and heaths, not uncommon. Autumn. Light/., Kopk. 

 Usually white. 



2. C\. fastigiataj yellow, branches crowded very much divided 

 and subdivided of ecpial height. With.p.3()0. Lightf. p. 1061 . 



Hab. Woods and pastures. Autumn, Lightf. 



