THE THELEPHORACEM 



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Thelephora sebacea. Fr. 



The pileus is effused, fleshy, waxy, becoming hard, incrusting, variable, 

 tuberculose or stalactitic, whitish, circumference similar ; hymenium flocculose, 

 pruinose, or evanescent. 



It is found effused over grass. One meets with it often. 



Stereum. Fr. 



The hymenium is coriace- 

 ous, even, rather thick, con- 

 crete with the intermediate 

 stratum of the pileus, which 

 has a cuticle even and vein- 

 less, remaining unchanged 

 and smooth. 



Stereum versicolor. 



Versicolor means changing 

 color, referring to the differ- 

 ent bands of color. The 

 pileus is effused, reflexed, 

 having a number of different 

 zones ; in some plants the 

 zones are more marked than 

 in others, the zones appear- 

 ing very much like those in 

 Polyporus versicolor. 



The hymenium is even, smooth and brown. 



This is a very common plant, found everywhere on old logs and stumps. It is 

 widely diffused and can be found at any time of the year. 



Figure 382. Stereum versicolor. 



Stereum spadieeum. Fr. 



Pilei coriaceous and spreading, reflexed, villous, somewhat ferruginous ; 

 margin rather obtuse, whitish, even beneath ; smooth, brownish, and bleeding 

 when scratched or bruised. 



