166 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



Var. erimosum. — Hymenio continue No. 1763. On pine. Rav., 

 1521. Sulphur springs. Car. Sup. No. 1286. On Myrica. Car. 

 Inf., 494. Car. Inf. No. 5214. Alabama, Peters. No. 4528. On 

 Lanrus sassafras. Alabama, Peters, connects the two. No. 5381. 

 New Eng., Murray, is a cucullate form with a continuous hymenium, 

 but the specimens are small. Rav. No. 5772. 



Formerly C. spumeum, B. & R. On oak limbs. Appears to be 

 a resupinate ambient condition of the normal form. 



* Corticium evolvens. Fr.— No. 5825, 6209. New Eng., 

 Sprague. No. 5207. Alabama, Peters. On Liquidambar. 



Appears to be a variety with a tawny hymenium. 



247. Corticium Nyssae. B. $ C— Adnatum, pileo utrinque re- 

 flexo ochroleuco velutino ; margine inflexo ; hymenio lasvissimo 

 laatiori. No. 3486. Penns., Michener. On branches of Nyssa. 



Spreading for some inches in length, 2 inches across, broadly re- 

 flexed ; pileus with a deep groove, ochraceous velvety, margin, at 

 least in the dry plant, incurved ; hymenium very even, and con- 

 tinuous, of a redder tint. 



248. Corticium Oakesii. B. & C. — Rav. Fasc. iii., 32. Primum 

 pezizseforme margine erecto inflexo eandido tomentoso, demum 

 confluens; hymenio pallide cervino. No. 3102. New Eng., Oakes. 

 No. 1827. Rhode Island, Olney. No. 3868. Alabama, Peters. 

 No. 3995. New York, Sartwell. 



At first looking like a little Cyphella or Peziza. Externally 

 white and tomentose, with an incurved margin, then confluent, but 

 always detached all round. Hymenium pale, fawn-coloured ; spores 

 obovate. A very distinct species. A very similar, if not identical 

 species, occurs in the Neilgherries. 



249. Corticium deglubens. B. & C— Tenue papyraceum secerni- 

 bile subtus candidum ; hymenio laevissimo ochraceo. No. 4557. On 

 Juniper. Alabama, Peters. 



At first resupinate, with a very narrow white bysscid margin, 

 soon detached, white beneath, like kid leather ; hymenium honey- 

 coloured, very even and continuous. 



* Corticium salicinum. Fr.— No. 3464. New York, Sartwell. 

 Spores oblong, sausage-shaped. Formerly sent out as Exidia 

 cinnabarina. 



250. Corticium auriforme. B. $ C— Auriform e ; pileo zonato 

 postice albido rugoso glabrescente, antice umbrino velutino ; 

 hymenio rimoso ex ochraceo rufo. No. 2380. Car. Inf. On oak. 



Pileus ear-shaped 1^-2 inches across ; dirty-white behind, rugose, 

 and nearly smooth, zoned in front ; the extreme edge umber, velvety. 

 Hymenium at first ochraceous, then rufous, cracked, the cracks at 

 first radiating. — *j 



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