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it is easily distinguished by the violaceous tint of the hymenium. 
I have not seen authentic specimens of S. fragile, but from the 
foregoing translation of the original description, it seems very 
probable that S. fragile may prove a synonym of S. albobadium, 
a species common in the West Indies but not recognized by 
Patouillard among the species of Guadeloupe. 
Stereum fimbriatum Ellis, Torr. Bot. Club Bul. 6: 133. 1877. 
According to the authentie specimen from Ellis to Cooke in 
Kew Herb., this is a whitish, flaxy mass having no hymenium 
and quite indeterminable. 
Stereum Galeottii Berkeley, Hooker'sJour. Bot. 3: 15. 1851; 
Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 574. 1888; Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 
27:176. 1890. 
“Umbonato-sessile, parvum, convexum, rigidum; pileo cer- 
vino velutino-tomentoso crebrissime badio-zonati; zonis hie illie 
glabris nitentibus; hymenio cinereo-alutaceo. Galeotti, No. 
6853. 
"Hab. Caripi, Spruce; Vera Cruz, Galeotti; Xalapa, Mr. 
Harries. 
““Pileus 13 inch broad, 1 inch long, subflabelliform, umbonato- 
sessile, mostly convex above, slightly undulated, thin but rigid, 
fawn-colored, clothed with velvety down; repeatedly zoned; 
zones mostly very close and narrow, frequently forming bay- 
brown, smooth and shining, alternating with paler fasciae. 
Hymenium tan-colored with a cinereous tinge. 
“Undoubtedly nearly allied to Stereum lobatum, Kze, but a 
much smaller and neater species." 
The type of the above should be compared with Stereum 
versicolor. 
Stereum griseum Schweinitz, Naturforsch. Ges. Leipzig 
Schrift. 1: 106. 1822 (under B. Sterea of Thelephora); Fries, 
Elenchus Fung. 1: 179. 1828.—Stereum porrectum Fries, Epicr. 
548. 1838; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 579. 1888. 
I have been unable to find any Schweinitzian specimen of this 
species. It seems probable that the description was based on 
the old stage of Stereum fasciatum in which the attachment is by 
