HYMENOCHAETE 669 



2270. H. leonina Berk. & Curt. XeW, a lion. 

 R. 2-10 cm., orange ferruginous, drying tawny olive to "Brussels- 

 brown" entirely resupinate, widely effused, separable; margin tomen- 

 tose. Hymenium concolorous, setulose, unequal. Flesh concolorous, 

 coriaceous, loose, "composed of a compact setigerous layer 50-75 [i 

 thick, with setae starting at different levels within it, and of a broad 

 supporting hyphal layer, 100 600/z thick, composed of loosely inter- 

 woven, rather longitudinally arranged hyphae, 3/u, in diam., stiff, 

 coloured like the fructification; in fully developed, thick fructifica- 

 tions the hyphal layer is divided, parallel with the substratum, ~by a 

 narrow, dark zone" Burt. Spores white, elliptical, "5-6 x 3-3-5/z. 

 Setae conical, tapering from the base to the apex, 60-80 x 7-9 p,, 

 emerging up to 50 /A " Burt. Dead wood and holly. Rare. 



2271. H. fuliginosa (Pers.) Lev. (? = Hymenochaete fuliginosa (Pers.) 

 Bres.) Fuliginosa, sooty. 



R. 4 5 cm., obscure smoky brown, effused, closely adnate; margin 

 yellowish rust, often very much broken up into patches, and almost 

 indeterminate. Hymenium umber with rust, or purple tinge, densely 

 or sparsely setulose, appearing almost smooth under a lens, some- 

 times minutely cracked, and brighter in colour. Flesh coriaceous, 

 compact. Spores white, "subglobose, 5 x 4/n. Setae brown, often 

 clear purple by transmitted light, 30-50 x 6-8 p," Massee. Wood, and 

 decorticated branches. Sept. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2272. H. Mougeotii (Fr.) Cke. (= Corticium Mougeotii Fr.) Trans. 

 Brit. Myc. Soc. iv, t. 9. 



J. B. Mougeot, part author of "Stirpes cryptogamicae Vogeso- 



rhenanae." 



R. 5-20 mm., rusty brown, reddish brown at the margin, effuso- 

 reflexed, closely adnate, minutely tomentose; margin silky. Hy- 

 menium deep red, tubercular, or granular, pruinosely pubescent, setu- 

 lose. Flesh concolorous, or paler, waxy, then rigid. Spores white, 

 cylindrically ellipsoid, or oblong, 5-7 x 2ja. Setae red, apex hyaline 

 and white, gradually attenuated upwards, 30-60 x 5-8/A. Dead 

 branches of Picea excelsa. Aug. Sept. Rare, (v.v.) 



2273. H. comigata (Fr.) Lev. (= Corticium corrugatum Fr.) Grev. 

 Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. 234, as Thelephora Padi Pers. 



Corrugata, wrinkled. 



R. 5-20 cm., pallid cinnamon, widely effused, closely adnate, 

 when dry, cracked, into small polygonal areas, about 1-3 to a mm., 

 sometimes grumous ; margin thin, sometimes paler. Hymenium cinna- 

 mon brown to bistre and "Rood's brown," sometimes weathering to mouse 

 grey, setulose. Flesh concolorous, or paler, firm, "composed of densely 

 interwoven hyphae, 3/x, in diam., coloured like the fructification" 

 Burt. Spores white, allantoid, 4-5-7 x l-5-2ju,. Setae brown, cylin- 



