1916] 
BURT—THELEPHORACEAE OF NORTH AMERICA. VII 339 
Type: type and cotype in Kew Herb. and Curtis Herb. 
Fruetification resupinate, effused, coriaceous, at first drab 
or Prout’s brown, then Chaetura-drab, the hymenial surface 
reticulated with obtuse veins, pulverulent; in 
structure 700, thick, with the hyphae colored, 3-4» 
in diameter, short-celled, loosely interwoven or 
rising obliquely from substratum to hymenial sur- 
face and there densely interwoven longitudinally 
and bearing laterally brown, globose or pyriform 
bodies 13-15 X 10-13», and slightly colored proba- Fig. 10 
sidia of the same size and form; a single spore in S. retiforme. 
the hymenial surface is hyaline, even, curved, 15 dium; n, col- 
X 4н; no spore-bearing organs found. 8, Spore. x 
Fructification 1-4 em. long, about 700и thick. 649, 
On living branches of apple, pear, peach, Carya. District 
of Columbia to Louisiana and Cuba. November to February, 
producing probasidia in February. 
S. retiforme resembles a small foliaceous lichen in habit. 
It may be distinguished from our other species by its drab to 
brown color and reticulately veined hymenial surface. The 
spore characters stated are uncertain for only one spore 
was seen. 
Specimens examined: 
Exsiecati: Ellis & Ev., N. Am. Fungi, 2604. 
Distriet of Columbia: Washington, comm. by Mrs. F. W. 
Patterson. 
Georgia: Fort Valley, comm. by Mrs. F. W. Patterson. 
Alabama: Forestdale, C. C. Woodward, comm. by J. B. 
Rorer; Abbeville, S. T. Slaton (also in Lloyd Herb., 3460, 
and in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 5166). 
Louisiana: St. Martinville, 4. В. Langlois, 2233. 
Cuba: C. Wright, 288, cotype (in Curtis Herb.). 
14. 6. a MON & Curtis) Patouillard, Soc. Myc. 
Fr. Bul. 16:181. 
Thelephora Tae Berk. & Curtis, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 
10:330. 1868; басе. Syll. Fung. 6:542. 1888. 
Type: type and eotype in Kew Herb. and Curtis Herb. 
