1918] 
BURT—THELEPHORACEAE OF NORTH AMERICA. X 367 
Ohio: Cincinnati, А. P. Morgan, comm. by Lloyd Herb., 2642; 
locality not stated, C. G. Lloyd, 3579. 
Kentucky: Crittenden, C. G. Lloyd, 1414 (in Lloyd Herb., and 
in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 55556). 
Cuba: C. G. Lloyd, 435 (in Lloyd Herb., and in Mo. Bot. Gard. 
Herb., 55156). 
SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN 
37. Hymenochaete pallida Cooke & Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. 
Jour. 27 : 97. 1890; басе. Syll. Fung. 9 : 227. 1891. 
Type: in Kew Herb. 
‘‘Cartilagineo-coriacea; pileo reniformi v. subflabellato, ap- 
planato, spongioso-velutino, pallido, concentrice suleato- 
zonato, margine sublobato, acuto; hymenio lineato-rugoso, 
velutino, umbrino, subrutilante; setis prominulis, subclavatis, 
40-505 и; sporae ellipsoideae, 6x:3-4 u. (Туре in Herb. 
Kew.) 
** Mexico. 
‘‘Pilei thin, 1-2 in. across, densely velvety, the pile arranged 
in a porous, sponge-like manner, pallid, when old almost 
white.’’ —Original description. 
I did not find the type of H. pallida in Kew Herbarium and 
can make no addition to the above description. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
Hymenochaete abnormis Peck, H. fimbriata Ell. & Ev., 
and H, rugispora Ell. & Ev. have colored paraphyses rather 
than cystidia and will receive consideration in Stereum. 
Hymenochaete crassa (Lév.) Berk. is Stereum umbrinum 
or very near it. 
Hymenochaete frustulosa Berk. & Curtis is Septobasidium 
frustulosum. 
Hymenochaete multispinulosa Peck is Stereum umbrinum. 
Hymenochaete musicola Berk. & Curtis is an Asterostroma. 
Hymenochaete paupercula Berk. & Curtis is a Peniophora. 
