CONIOPHORA 627 



ceous ferruginous, papillose, pulverulent. Flesh whitish, membrana- 

 ceous, floccose, loose. Spores deep rusty purple, or ferruginous in 

 the mass, elliptical, 10-11 x 6-7 JLI; basidia with 2-4-sterigmata. Bark, 

 twigs, lichens and moss. Nov. Jan. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2120. C. Bourdotii Bres. 



L'abbe H. Bourdot, the eminent French mycologist. 



R. 2-10 cm., whitish, then umber and fuscous, broadly effused, 



adnate; margin white, delicately fimbriate. Hymenium umber, even. 



Flesh pale, soft, loose. Spores brown, navicular, or subfusiform, 



17-23 x 6-9/A. Bark, and fallen branches. Sept. Oct. Kare. (v.v.) 



2121. C. pulverulenta (Lev.) Massee. Pulverulenta, dusty. 

 R. 4-18 cm., rusty brown, broadly effused, dry; margin whitish 



byssoid, thin. Hymenium concolorous, or dark brown, pulverulent, 

 even entire. Flesh thin. Spores "yellow brown, elliptical, 14-15 x 

 9-10/i" Massee. Wood. Rare. 



2122. C. membranacea (DC.) Massee. Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 214, as 

 Auricularia pulverulenta Sow. Membranacea, having a skin. 



R. 530 cm., pallid, then dirty pale ferruginous, broadly effused, 

 subrotund, fragile, separable; margin yellowish, minutely fibrillose. 

 Hymenium concolorous, minutely pulverulent. Flesh thin. Spores 

 "yellow brown, elliptical, 10-15 x 5-6 /z" Massee. Wood, walls, 

 paper, etc. Rare. 



2123. C. incrustans Massee. Incrustans, covering with a coat. 

 R. 3-15 cm., pale ochraceous, or dirty white, effused, indeterminate, 



inseparable. Hymenium concolorous, compact, waxy, pulverulent. 

 Flesh thin. Spores "very pale ochraceous, elliptical, 15-17 x 8-10/j," 

 Massee. Running over leaves, twigs, etc. Rare. 



2124. C. stabularis Fr. Stabularis, pertaining to a stall. 

 R. 3-10 cm., white, then vinous fuscous, effused, flaxy; margin white, 



byssoid. Hymenium concolorous, white pruinose, the tubercles col- 

 lapsing. Flesh soft, floccose, thin, smell foetid. Fir wood. Rare. 



2125. C. subdealbata (B. & Br.) Massee. (= Corticium subdealbatum 

 B. & Br.) Sub, somewhat; dealbata, whitewashed. 



R. 4-12 cm., ochraceous olive, effused, determinate. Hymenium 

 concolorous, often with paler barren patches, pulverulent. Flesh thin. 

 Spores "ochraceous, elliptical, with a minute basal apiculus, 11-12 x 

 7-8 /x" Massee. Pine bark, and wood. Dec. Rare. 



2126. C. Berkeley! Massee. 



Rev. Miles Joseph Berkeley, the father of British mycology. 



R. 310 cm., yellow brown, becoming purplish with age, effused, 



determinate; margin sometimes minutely byssoid. Hymenium 



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