HYMENOMTCETES. 



Fam. IV. AURICULARINL Fries. 



Genus XXNL CRATERELLUS. Fries. 



1 C. siNuosus. Fries. 1 — 2. 2 — 3. i. 



Pileus dry, scarcely fleshy, infiindibulifonn or compresso- 

 infundibuliform, smooth, brownish grey ; margin very much 

 sinuated ; hymenium mucli veined, pale grey ; stem stuffed, 

 attenuated downwards. Cantharellus sinuosu». — E.F. Eastham 

 Wood, 1855 and 1857, plentiful in one spot. 



2 C. CRisPUS. Bull. 1—2. 2—3. i. 



Pileus aquoso-cai-nose, infundibuliform, smooth, pale umber ; 

 margin much sinuated ; hymenium veined. Considered by 

 Fries to be a variety of the preceding species ; it however 

 differs much in substance. Sowerby's figiire is very exact. 

 Found at Southport in great abundance on a moist, grassy, flat 

 portion of the shore, which is covered by the highest tides. 



Genus XXVII. THELEPHORA. Elirh. 



Sub-genus MESOPUS. 



3 T. CARYOPHYLL.EA. Fl'ieS. 



Pileus depressed, infundibuliform or flabellate, purple-brown ; 

 margin incised ; hymenium nearly smooth. Plant an inch 

 high. No. 283 in the Annals. On the roots of Salices, sand- 

 hills, Crosby. 



Sub-rjemis APUS. 



4 T. CRISTATA. Pers. 



At first decumbent, spreading, whitish ; ramuli cjespitose, 

 ascending ; apices fringed ; hymenium minutely striato papil- 

 lose. Gi-owing over leaves, &c., forming a rather large patch 

 at the base of a larch tree, Eastham Wood. 



5 T. LACiNiATA. Pers. 



Pilei sub-imbricated, flabellate, somewhat rough with innate 

 fibres ; chocolate brown, 1 to 1^ high ; margin laciniate ; hy- 

 menium flocculose, papillose. On the ground in fir plantations, 

 common. 



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