PENIOPHORA 693 



2342. P.pubera(Fr.)Sacc. (=Corticiumpuberum~FT.) Bres. Fung. Trid. 

 n, 1. 145, fig. 1, as Corticium puberum Fr. Pubera, grown up. 



R. 2-8 cm., white, becoming dirty yellowish, broadly effused, closely 

 adnate, indeterminate ; margin mealy, soon similar. Hymenium con- 

 color ous, smooth., at first velvety, then setulose, finally widely cracked. 

 Flesh concolorous, waxy, thin. Spores white, subcylindrical, depressed 

 on one side, 7-9 x 4-5 p; basidia "18-25-60 x 4-6 /A. Cystidia fusi- 

 form or elongate conical, pointed, 30-90-150 x 6-12-35/j, thick 

 walled, with separable incrustations. Basal hyphae sparse, thick 

 walled, 4-6 /A in diam. ; medial and upper hyphae vertical, thin walled, 

 2-4 //, in diam., little distinct, with rare clamp connections" Bourd. & 

 Galz. Dead wood. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2343. P. Molleriana (Bres.) Sacc. (= Corticium Roumeguerii Bres.) 

 Bres. Fung. Trid. n, 1. 144, fig. 1, as Corticium Roumeguerii Bres. 



A. F. Holler. 



R. 1-6 cm., cream to bright biscuit colour, broadly effused, closely 

 adnate; margin white, abrupt, or narrow, and pruinose. Hymenium 

 concolorous, smooth, dry, opaque, almost farinaceous, cracked when 

 dry. Flesh whitish, waxy, soft, then rigid, porcelain-like, brittle. 

 Spores white, elliptical, 3-5-5 x 2-2-5 JM; basidia clavate, 12-20-30 x 

 4 5/x, with 2-4 straight sterigmata, 2-4 x -5ju.. Cystidia very abun- 

 dant, mostly immersed in the tissue, fusiform, or conical, apex acute, 

 60-70 x 10/i, thick walled, much incrusted in the upper portion. 

 Hyphae closely agglutinated, scarcely distinct, 2-2-5/A in diam. Fallen 

 logs. May. Rare, (v.v.) 



2344. P. hydnoides Cke. & Massee. (= Peniophora crystallina von 

 Hoehn. & Litsch. ; Odontia conspersa Bres. ; Peniophora rimosa 

 Cke. and Peniophora terrestris Massee sec. Wakef. in litt.) 

 Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour, xxv, t. 47, figs. 15-16. 



vSvov, the genus Hydnum', elSos, like. 



R. 5-13 cm., whitish, or greyish, broadly effused, subinnate, inde- 

 terminate, closely adnate, waxy, hyaline. Hymenium grey, often be- 

 coming somewhat cream coloured, setulose, and finally cracked. Flesh 

 thin, filamentous. Spores white, broadly elliptical, or subcylindrical, 

 more or less depressed on one side, 4-5 x 1-5-2/Lt. Basidia clavate, 

 8-14 x 3-4jLt, with 4 straight sterigmata, 4-5 /x long. Cystidia hyaline, 

 subconical, or fusiform, aggregated in clusters, 60-120 x 10-12^t, thick 

 walled, strongly incrusted. Basal hyphae indistinct. Bark, and fallen 

 branches. Sept. June. Common, (v.v.) 



2345. P. gigantea (Fr.) Massee. (= Corticium giganteum Fr.; Penio- 

 phora Crosslandii Massee sec. Wakef. in litt.) Fr. Icon. t. 197, 

 fig. 3, as Corticium giganteum Fr. <yiya$, a giant. 



R. 3-30 cm., hyaline white, very broadly effused, swelling when 

 moist, cartilaginous when dry; margin white, fibrillose, radiating, 



