This peculiai species differs from all other known Stereums in its 

 color, which is quite marked. It is known only from one collection 

 at Paris recently made at Tokyo, Japan, by Dr. Harmand. 



SYNONYMS. 



Stereum alutaceum, Brazil, Cooke. The type, and it is "only known from the type locality," is 

 not "alutaceous" now as described, but "tabacinus" would be better. If it ever was alutaceous it 

 would be better referred to Stereum aurantiacum. The collector's note is "originally buff," but it 

 seems to have been preserved in carbolic acid, and I suppose the "original" refers to a change that had 

 taken place. The specimen is probably Stereum aurantiacum with the color changed by chemical 

 treatment. 



Stereum cartilagineum, Brazil, Fries. No authentic specimen seen by me, and original descrip- 

 tion probably refers to a plant of American tropics since called Cantharellus buccinalis. I have seen 

 two collections so named, Kalchbrenner's at Berlin, and Montagne's at Paris, neither of which has 

 any possible agreement with Fries' description. 



Stereum xanthellum, South America, Cooke = Stereum aurantiacum. 



Thelephora affinis, Cuba, Berkeley 



Thelephora sericella, Cuba, Berkeley 



Thelephora spectabilis, West Indies, Leveille = 



Thelephora tuberosa, St. Domingo, Persoon mss. name for plant collected by Poiteau, is Stereum 

 aurantiacum of this pamphlet. This is collateral evidence of what we have elsewhere stated that the 

 plant we call Stereum affine is as a matter of history the same as Stereum aurantiacum originally. 



SECTION 4. 



Stipitate, with a mesoppdial stipe (usually). Smooth. Color reddish brown- 

 bay. This is the most puzzling section to work out. In the museum most tropical 

 specimens belonging to this section are classed as "Stereum elegans," very few of 

 them correctly. The color cf the museum specimens in all species is very much 

 same reddish brown-bay, and the species have been most badly confused in every 

 museum. I suspect that this color in some species is due to a change in drying. 

 The collector's notes in some instances are "pale" or even "white" when fresh, but 

 habits of growth, whether in earth or on branches and wocd, whether growing 

 densely caespirose or scattered, seem to be the main differences. g 



Fig. 539 

 Stereum elegans. 



Fig. 540 



Stereum floriforme. 



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