162 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



tomentose ; hymenium nearly of the same subochraceous tint. Either 

 the same or a closely allied species. No. 13 Spruce, was gathered 

 at Panure on sticks, to which it was attached by a circular disc. 



230. Stereum Ravenelii. B. $ C— Rav. Fasc. iv., 13. Gre- 

 garium e comnmni mycelio oriundum ; pileo cyathiformi fusco ; 

 margine pallidiore plicato stipite gracili tomentoso hymenioqne pal- 

 lidis. No. 2630, 2980. Car. Inf. No. 4527, 4629. Alabama, Peters, 

 Beaumont. 



On the earth, in swamps. No. 4527 is apparently a coarser form, 

 growing on wood. Pileus very variable in size, from a line to an 

 inch across, cup-shaped, sometimes split on one side, brownish, with 

 a slight admixture of red, paler towards the plicate margin ; stem 

 ^-1^ inch high, \ a line thick, gregarious, springing from a com- 

 mon mycelium, finely tomentose, pallid, as well as the hymenium, 

 closely allied to S. nitidulum, B. 



231. Stereum teneirimum, B 4 Rav. — Pusillum, pileo cyathi- 

 formi cito lacerato tomentoso pallido glabrescente ; stipite fili- 

 formi. Rav. No. 1437. No. 5029. Car. Sup. 



On the ground amongst grass and mosses. Pileus 2-3 lines 

 broad, cup-shaped, pallid, soon lobed and split, at first tomentose ; 

 margin sometimes deeply plicate ; stem thread-shaped, £~J inch 

 high, whitish, tomentose ; hymenium even, or finely striate. This 

 is very different from small forms of the last. 



232. Stereum rugosiusculum. B. % C— Pileo dimidiato um- 

 brino plicato subtiliter ragoso ; margine incurvo, hymenio fusco. 

 No. 5412. New Eng. Sprague. 



About | inch long, umber ; pileus lobed and plicate, with an in- 

 curved margin, minutely wrinkled, as if from contraction in drying, 

 tomentose, becoming smooth ; hymenium even dark brown. Pro- 

 bably of a soft coriaceous consistence when fresh. 



233. Stereum moricola. B — Pileo reflexo postice decurrente 

 pubescente albido ; hymenio fusco. No. 5997. On Mulberry. 

 Car. Inf. Forming little round patches on bark, at length broadly 

 reflexed, above pubescent, whitish ; hymenium brown. In some 

 respects resembling the last, but very different. 



234. Stereum Micheneri. B. 4 C— Rav. Fasc. iv., 12. Pileo 

 coriaceo umbrino spongioso-tomentoso convexq lateraliter connato 

 v. libero ; hymenio lcevi ochraceo nitido. No. 5413. New England, 

 Sprague. 



Apparently in one specimen consisting of a number of orbi- 

 cular laterally confluent individuals, each attached by a central 

 point without any stem, bright umber above, clothed with short 

 spongy down; hymenium even, bright ochraceous. In other speci- 

 mens, however, as No. 5806, New Eng., Sprague, and Rav. No. 1732. 

 the habit is more that of Thelephora biennis, while in No. 3582, 

 Penns. Michener we have a thick, corky dimidiate fungus. Avery 

 curious species. 



