89 



S. Spadiceum, Fr. BuD., t. 483, fig. 5. Common on wood. 



S. Sanguinolentum, Fr. Grev. t. 225. Common. 



S, Rugosum, Fr. Common on stumps. 



S. Acerinum, Fr. Common on stumps. 



Six species, all that are recorded in the Outlines as British. 



Genus 37. Htmenochcete.* Lbj. 

 Leathery, dry, even ; hymenium beset with short, stiff, coloured 

 bristles. 

 Hymenochcete Rubiginosa, Lev. Sow., t. 26. Batheaston. 

 H. Tabacina, Lev. Bolt., t. 174. Leigh Woods. 

 Two out of three British species. 



Genus 38. Auriculaeia, Fr. 



Hymenium irregularly and distantly folded ; gelatinous when wet ; 

 different in substance from the pileus. 



Auricularia Mesenterica, Bull. Sow. t, 290. Huss., ii., t. 6. 

 Common on old stumps. 



One species out of two British. 



Genus 39. CoRTiciUM.t Fr. 



Hymenium soft and fleshy ; swollen when moist ; collapsing and 



becoming even when dry ; often rimose, 



Corticium Evolvens, Fr. Fries. Obs., i., t. 4, fig. 5. Batheaston. 

 On posts and rails. 



C. Giganteum, Fr. On firs ; common. 



C. Arachnoideum, B. Spye Park. 



C. Loeve, Fr. On wood ; common. 



C. Velutinum, Fr. Batheaston. 



C. Sanguineum, Fr. Leigh Woods. 



C; Sulfureum, Fr. Rudlow. 



C. Coei-uleum, Fr. Huss., i., t. 20. Common. 



C. Calceum, Fr. Warleigh. 



C. Quercinum, Fr. Grev., t. 182. Common. 



C. Cinereum, Fr. Common. 



• HjTnenochoete, from hymen, a membrane, and chaite, a bristle, 

 t Corticium, from cortex, bark. 



