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buliform and sometimes wholly flabelliform, but occasionally 
a gathering shows both infundibuliform and flabelliform speci- 
mens. The soft texture of the pilei—like filter-paper or like 
wash leather—the large, cylindric, non-incrusted cystidia, and 
large elongated spores are a good combination of characters for 
the recognition of S. aurantiacum independently of the yellow 
color. Lloyd gives Thelephora spectabilis and Stereum zanthel- 
lum as synonyms of S. aurantiacum, and this seems quite prob- 
able according to the original descriptions of these species, but 
he does not state that he has studied the authentic specimens; 
I have not been able to examine them. 
Unless there is more than one edition of Gaudichaud's ' Voy. 
Urania Bot.,' there is an error, as noted by Lloyd, in the citation 
by Fries in *Epicrisis, followed by later authors, of a figure of 
T. aurantiaca by Persoon. Dr. Farlow kindly searched for me 
for such a figure in his copy but without success. 
Specimens examined: 
Jamaica: Port Antonio, F. S. Earle, 600, comm. by N. Y. Bot. 
Gard. Herb.; A. E. Wight, comm. by W. G. Farlow; Troy 
and Tyre, W. A. Murrill & W. Harris, 1112, comm. by 
N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb. 
Cuba: C. Wright, 237, type of Thelephora sericella (in Curtis 
Herb.); C. Wright, 198, 268, type of Thelephora affinis B. & 
C. (in Curtis Herb.); Banao Mts., Leon & Clement, 5570 
(in N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb. and Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 
56262) ; Ceballos, C. J. Humphrey, 2683 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. 
Herb., 8267); Guantanamo, Hioram (in J. R. Weir Herb., 
10583, and Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 56217); Omaja, C. J. 
Humphrey, 38025 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 8632); Nipe 
Bay, F. S. Earle, No. A. 
Porto Rico: Rio Piedras, J. R. Johnston, comm. by J. A. Steven- 
son, 1987 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 10660); J. A. Stevenson, 
3354, 6586 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 17720 and 6908). 
San Domingo: Consuelo, N. Taylor, 178 (in N. Y. Bot. Gard. 
Herb. and Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 56304). 
10. S. diaphanum (Schw.) Cooke in Saec. Syll. Fung. 6: 558. 
1888; Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 27: 162. 1890; Lloyd, 
Myc. Writ. 4. Stip. Stereums, 19. text f. 534. 1913. 
Plate 2, figs. 8 and 9. 
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