1921] The Thelephoraceae of North Carolina 183 



shining, pale straw or whitish gray, radially striate, transversely 

 zoned by narrow lines of brown. Hymenium pale fleshy-straw color 

 to whitish, faintly ridged radially. Flesh very thin, hardly a fifth 

 of a cm. thick, when damp very soft and pliable like softest leather, 

 when dry subrigid and elastic. 



Spores (of No. 3962, Hartsville, S. C.) pale flesh color in a good 

 print, rod-elhptic, 2.2-3.4 x 7-10[i, a few up to ll^i.. 



The plants arise from points and if resupinate spread out and 

 fuse when touching, forming a faint line on the hymenium to show the 

 line of union just as in Eichleriella Leveilliana. The point of origin 

 is indicated by a small central nipple in the center of each component 

 part. The species is easily distinguished by the quite smooth, silky, 

 pale caps, small size, and thin, papery structure. In age the plants 

 often become split radially into narrow frayed strips. Rather com- 

 mon. 



1043. On dead branch of Carpinus, December 6, 1913. 

 4040. On blackgum twig in Arboretum, January 26, 1920. 



Hartsville, South Carolina. Several collections on black gum (Nyssa), 

 December, 1919. Coker. 



9. Stereiim ochraceoflavum (Schw.) Curtis 



Plate 35 



Plants typically cup-shaped or elongated cup-shaped, if hanging 

 then attached by a broad base or if on small twigs by an elongated 

 line; if on upright branches then broadly attached by a resupinate 

 side of the cup, size varying from quite small up to about 1.5 cm. 

 broad, or several may be fused to make a length up to 3 cm. Dorsal 

 surface densely woolly-hairy all over, when damp dull white with 

 narrow straw-colored zones towards margin and deeper reddish och- 

 raceous zones near the base, when dry white all over (due to the 

 colored flesh not showing through the white hairs). Hymenium 

 somewhat uneven, of a beautiful golden-yellow color when dry, a 

 more ochraceous yellow when wet; not changing when cut; after 

 some exposure the color may fade to a paler buff. Texture tough 

 and very pliable, like soft leather when wet, sub-rigid when dry; 

 flesh about the color of the hymenium, both together hardly a half 

 mm. thick. 



Spores (of No. 4033) white, elHptic, smooth, 2-3 x 5.5-7 A\i. 



A striking and unique plant, easily recognized by the small size, 

 golden-yellow hymenium and woolly-white cap. This is certainly 



