HYMENOMYCETES. 



4 H. L'DUM. Fries. 



Effused, sub gelatinous, watery yellow, here and there reddish; 

 spines close, unequal. Forming large patches on fallen branches 

 in watery places. Patrickwood. Bromborough. Sutton. 



Genus XXII. RADULUM. Fries. 



6 R. oBBicuLARE. Fries. 



Effused, orbicular, confluent ; margin byssoid ; tubercles in 

 patches, some much elongated, flattened ; pale woody colour. 

 Growing largely, in a vertical position, on a stump near 

 Child wall. 



Genus XXIII. PHLEBIA. Fries. 



6 P. RADiATA. Fries. 



Between fleshy and membranaceous, orbicular, at length con- 

 fluent and extended, purplish flesh colour ; folds " elongated 

 papillre," radiating, short, vanishing towards the margin; 

 circumference adorned with an exquisite fringe of erect fibres, 

 shining like asbestos, bright orange, white towards the base, 

 J of an inch in length. The most beautiful of the tribe, re- 

 taining its colour well in drying. On fallen birch branches 

 Knowsley. 



Genus XXIV. GRANDINIA. Fries. 



« G. I'APiLLOSA. Fries. 



Thin, whitish, cracked into areolae ; margin somewhat indefi- 

 nite ; gi-auulcs sub-conical. On the bark of fallen branches, 

 Knowsley. 



Genus XXV. ODONTIA. Fries. 



8 O. riMBUiATA. I'crs. 



Effused, membranaceous, ])ctwcen flesh colour and ferruginous ' 

 margin white, fringed; spines small, multifid. Hydnuin Jim' 

 6?'m<tt»».— E.K, On a fallen branch, Croxtcth. 



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