4 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



Thin, adnate, inseparable from the matrix, springing from a 

 white mycelium which penetrates the matrix, but is scarcely visible 

 externally ; hymenium papillate, and also minutely granulated, in- 

 dependently of the matrix. No. 6025. Penn., Michener (Corticium 

 compaction, B. & C), is possibly a state of the same species. 



282 Coxticium scutellaxe. B. $ C— Resupinatum effusum im- 

 marginatum ex albido subalutaceum ; hymenio in areolas minutas 

 fisso. No. 2473, Car. Inf. 5G26, New Eng., Sprague. 6091, 

 Alabama, Peters. 



On oak. Rav., No. 1584. On dead herbaceous stems. 



Widely effused, thin, inseparable, immarginate ; hymenium from 

 dirty white to tan-coloured or tawny. It occurs also in Venezuela. 



* Coxticium quexcinum. P. 



* Coxticium cinexeum. Fr.— Under many numbers from various 

 quarters. No. 1717, on Vaccinia, is an unusually thick form. 

 Corticium murinum, B. C. No. 4023, on Corrius Florida, is per- 

 haps also a form. 



* Coxticium incaxnatum. Fr. — Equally common with the last. 



* Coxticium polygonium. Fr— No. 4893, Massac, Sprague. 



283. Coxticium alutaxium. B. <$■ C. — Effusum immarginatum 

 alutaceum ; hymenio papillose No. 5169, 5335, New Engl., 

 Sprague. 6349, Penns , Michemer. 



Either on smooth or rugged bark or wood, following all the in- 

 equalities ; bright, tan-coloured, papillate. 



* Coxticium Sambuci. Fr.— No. 6208, New Engl., Murray. No. 

 4362, Penns., Michener. On Rubus. Corticium Rubi., B. & C, is 

 scarcely different. 



* Coxticium comedens. -Fr.— No. 3608, Penns., Michener. On 

 Celastrnm scandens, Rav. No. 1544. On Melia Azederack. 



* Coxticium axachnoideum. B.— No. 2523, Car. Inf., and 

 several other numbers. 



284. Coxticium leucothxix. B. # C— Effusum olivaceo-rubrum; 

 hymenio setis candidis vestito. No. 4775. On pine. 



Effused immarginate, of a reddish olive, beset with delicate white 

 bristles. 



285. Coxticium bxunneolum. B. tf C— Effusum, inseparable ; 

 margine albo byssoideo ; hymenio brunneolo. No. 3664, Louisiana, 

 Dr. Hale. 



Effused, resupinate, inseparable ; margin white, narrow, byssoid ; 

 hymenium brownish. 



* Kypochnus xubxo-cinctus. Ehrb.— Rav., Fasc, i., 33. Loui- 

 siana. 



* Guepinia Spathulaxia. Fr.— No. 246, Car. Sup. No. 3146, 

 Texas, C. Wright. 



