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FLORA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



[Fungi, 



Those species with true asci, such as Corticium Mariamm (which is nothing more than Peziza confluens), 

 must be excluded ; and those which remain, which are truly sporophorous, as C.giganteum, will be known from their 

 allies by their softer hymemum.— Specimens imperfectly developed do not exhibit the characters of the genus, which 

 is very much confined to temperate regions. (Name from cortex, bark ; from the habitat of many of the species.) 



1. Corticium lave, Br. Ep. p. 560. 



Hab. On little twigs, dead bark, etc., Tehawera, Colenso. 



2. Corticium viride, Berk. ; effusum, cmstaceum, rimosum, olivaceo-viride, margine tenuissimo livido, 

 sporis magnis subglobosis. 



Hab. On dead decorticated wood, and also on bark, Colenso. 



Effused, forming small, confluent patches of a yellow olivaceous green, with a very thin, membranous, scarcely 

 byssoid, livid margin. Hymenium cracked. Spores subglobose or elliptic, large, ^ of arl inch long.— Analogous 

 to Hydnum viride. When old it acquires a darker tinge. 



3. Corticium terreum, Berk. ; resupinatum, terreo-fuscum, subvinosum, primo continuum, dein areolato- 

 rimosum, setulosum, margine angustissimo. 



Hab. On bark of KnigMia, Buamahange, Colenso. 



Effused, resupinate ; at first even, earthy brown, with a vinous tint, then cracked into areolae, setulose ; 

 margin extremely narrow, not distinctly byssoid; the areolae sometimes acquire a very narrow but distinctly defined 

 bor der.— Very nearly allied to ft cinnamomeum, but certainly distinct. The colour is something like that of Tliele- 

 phora laciniala. 



4. Corticium polygoniwm, Br. Ilp. p. 564. 

 Hab. On dead bark, Colenso. 



The specimens are of a rich red-brown, and are more highly developed than any I have seen, with the exception 

 of one received from M. Lindblad, which confirms the diagnosis above given, about which I should otherwise have 

 had some doubt. 



5. Corticium rkaoariarinum, Berk.; effusum, resupinatum, flavo-ferrugineum, margine subtiliter 

 byssino, hymenio setuloso continuo. 



Hab. On bark, Colenso. 



At first exhibiting little round specks, which gradually increase, and form a uniform, tawny stratum ; margin 

 rather paler, delicately and shortly byssoid. Hymenium even, not cracked when dry, distinctly setulose.— This is 

 undoubtedly allied to ft cinnamomeum and ft corrugalum, but the hymenium is never cracked, and the colour ap- 

 proaches to" that of rhubarb. The true ft cinnamomeum, a differently coloured and much thicker species, may be seen 

 in Madame Libert's collection, no. 122. 



Gen. XVII. CYPHELLA, Fries. 



Submembranaceus, postice adnatus, subporrectus, pendulus. Hymenium definite inferum, sed similare 

 et nullo modo a pileo discretum, persistens, demum inseqaabile. 



This o-enus includes a few Pezizseform Eungi, which were formerly associated with Peziza, but are at once dis- 

 tinguished by the absence of asci. Their peculiar habit prevents the probability of confusion with Stereum, to which 

 they are most nearly allied. (Name from k^os, leaning forwards ; from their pendulous habit.) 



1. Cyphella densa, Berk.; parva, csespitosa, e vertice obliquo porrecto pendula, cervina, supra pubescenti- 

 prainosa, hymenio concolore IecvL 



Hab. On living bark of Corynocarpus kevigata, Cape Kidnapper, Colenso. 



