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rather well defined, wavy ; hymenium minutely ^velvety ; spores 

 elliptical, hyaline, 7 x 5 /x; setse cylindrical or subclavate, 

 often rough, 80-90 x 6-8 ^. 



On dead trunks. New Zealand. Victoria, Queensland. 



There is sometimes a violet tinge on the hymenium. The 

 entire plant is sometimes almost separable from the matrix. 



HymenochcBte fJicea, Mass., Mon. Thel., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxvii, 



p. 98 (1891) ; Cooke, Austr. Fung., p. 188. Syn., Stereum 



phcBum, Berk., Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, p. 612. 



Pileus dimidiate, sessile, thin, coriaceous, flexible, zoned, 

 velvety, bay, concentrically grooved, the grooves forming corre- 

 sponding ridges on the rust-coloured minutely setulose hy- 

 menium, 6-10 cm. broad ; setse scattered, conico-acuminate, 

 30-50 X 6-7 fx ; spores subglobose, 4 x 3 /u.. 



On bark and wood. Northern Island, New Zealand. Tas- 

 mania. 



Laterally attached, usually by a broad base, concentrically 

 grooved, blackish-umber when dry ; strigose with alternating 

 dark and pale zones, margin crisped ; hymenium umber. 



Hymenochcete mougeotii, Mass., Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 7449 ; Austr. 



Fung., p. 189. 



Broadly spreading, forming conspicuous blood-red or dull-red 

 thin patches, sometimes there is an indication of a tinge of 

 purple ; closely adnate, margin determinate, dry, very minutely 

 velvety under a lens, cracking when old and dry ; cystidia 

 conical, coloured, 30-75 x 5-8 /jl ; spores elliptic-fusoid, olive, 

 6-7 x 3-5 fx. 



On dead trunks of pine and other wood. New Zealand. 

 Victoria, Tasmania, Ceylon, India, central Europe. 



Distinguished by the bright colour of the hymenium. The 

 patches are sometimes 20-30 cm. long. 



54. Corticium, Fries. 

 Entirely resupinate, or rarely with the extreme margin free ; 

 hymenium smooth, waxy, polished, becoming variously 

 cracked when dry ; spores colourless. 

 Corticium, Fries, Epicr., p. 556. 

 Forming resupinate inseparable patches on wood, bark, &c. 



* Hymenium dingy flesh-colour. 



Corticium nudum. Fries, Epicr., p. 564 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 7609 ; 



Austr. Fung., p. 194. 



Often forming thin patches 3-7 cm. long, waxy, margin de- 

 terminate, glabrous ; hymenium flesh-colour, becoming pale. 



