No. 12.] [June, 1873. 



(Brttriflta, 



A MONTHLY KECOKD OF CEYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 

 AND ITS LITEEATUEE. 



NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 

 By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



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(Continued from Page Wk) 



* Corticium giganteum. Fr.— Rav. Fasc. ii., 38. No. 3659. 

 Louisiana, Dr. Hale. Rav. No. 1244. On pine logs. 



251. Corticium polyporoideum. B. Sf C. — Subiculo tomentoso can- 

 dido marginem angnstum formante ; hymenio pulverulento, pallide 

 alutaceo. No. 4559. Alabama, Peters. 



Effused irregular ; subiculum white, well-developed tomentose 

 projecting beyond tbe pale tan-coloured pulverulent hymenium and 

 forming a narrow border. Allied to C. Dregeanum. Mont. & B. 



252. Corticium siparium. B. d* C— Subiculo spongioso tomentoso 

 pallido ; hymenio ochraceo demum fuscescente. No. 5239. 

 Alabama, Peters. On Liquidambar. 



Subiculum consisting of spongy pallid down ; edge slightly turned 

 up ; hymenium at first ochraceous, gradually acquiring a brownish 

 tint. If No. 6116, Alabama, Peters, is the same, the hymenium at 

 length becomes much darker and cracks. 



* Corticium Auberianum. Mont.— No. 2497. Car. Inf. On 

 Carza. Rav. No. 1369. Ohio, Lea. No. 2030. Appears to be a 

 white variety of the same species. 



253. Corticium venosum. B. <b i?/u\— Late effusum ; subiculo 

 tomentoso ; hymenio livido-pallido, e fibrillis subiculi parce et late 

 reticulato. Rav. No. 1321. 



Spreading widely ; subiculum thin tomentose, consisting of inter- 

 woven threads ; hymenium livid, but pale, marked here and there 

 with wide reticulations, which appear to arise from the subiculum. 



* Corticium laeve. Fr.— No. 4517, No. 6101. Alabama, Peters. 

 On Liquidambar) 6087. On oak. Rav. Fasc. ii., 59. 



254. Corticium Petersii. B. <{,• C— Rav. Fasc. v., 28. Subiculo 

 tenui tomentoso, pallido hie illic in fibrillas compacto ; hymenio 

 alutaceo hie illic lateritio. No. 4509. On the ground in moist 

 places. Alabama, Peters. 



Subiculum thin, pallid, tomentose, here and there forming creep- 



