1920] 
BURT—THELEPHORACEAE OF NORTH AMERICA. XII 103 
San Domingo: Bonao, J. A. Stevenson, 7010 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. 
Herb., 55656). 
14. S. cristatum Berk & Curtis, Grevillea 1: 163. 1873; 
Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6:556. 1888; Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 
27: 167. 1890; Lloyd, Myc. Writ. 4. Stip. Stereums, 38. 
1913. 
Type: in Kew Herb., not found by me in Curtis Herb. al- 
though sought for. 
Pileus coriaceous, flabelliform or obliquely cyathiform, pallid 
to light bay-brown, somewhat zoned, glabrous and shining 
towards the margin, bearing a cluster of coarse 
hairs towards the base; stem, when present, 
cylindric, scarcely 2 mm. long; hymenium even, 
paler than the upper surface; in structure 200-250 
u thick, composed of longitudinally arranged and 
somewhat interwoven hyaline hyphae 3 y in 
diameter; no cystidia; gloeocystidia pyriform, SN 
9-12X73 u; spores, as found in acrushed prepara- 
tion, hyaline, even, 4X24 u, few found —noted by 
Massee as subglobose, 5-6 y in diameter. 
Pileus 6-10 mm. across. 
On dead Vitis in swamps. South Carolina. Fig. 5. 
Reexamination of my preparation of the type ao T 
of S. cristatum fais to demonstrate that the 665. From type. 
pyriform organs in its hymenium are longitu- 
dinally septate; furthermore some of these organs are more 
elongated than stated above and irregular in form. For 
these reasons I regard the bodies as pyriform gloeocystidia 
rather than possibly miniature basidia of the longitudinally 
septate type, the demonstrated presence of which would require 
transfer of this species to Hichleriella. The occurrence of S. 
cristatum on dead grape vines, the crest of coarse hairs towards 
the base of the pileus, the small size of the latter, and the pyri- 
form organs in the hymenium are a good group of characters 
for identification of this species, although known so far only 
from the original collections. 
Specimens examined: 
South Carolina: Santee Swamp, H. W. Ravenel, Curtis Herb. 
