Fig. 564 

 Stereum damaecorne. 



HISTORY. This is one of the first species named by Link from Brazil. He 

 spelled it Stereum damicorne, changed by Fries to Stereum damaecorne, which 

 means a deer horn and seems to be pidgin Latin for Stereum damaecorneum. It 

 is a very common plant in tropical America, and abundant specimens, all shapes 

 and forms, are in the museums. 



SYNONYMS. 



The following are all mere form-names for collections of Stereum damaecorne. 



Hymenochaete formosa, West Indies, Leveille. Simply a frondose, imbricate form of Stereum 

 damaecorne. It is only known from the types at Paris from Guadalupe. 



Stereum reniforme, Brazil, Fries. The simple form. 



Hymenochaete Schomburgkii, Brazil, Hennings. The pinnatifid form. 



Stereum elevatum, Brazil, Berkeley = the cup-shaped form. It has abundant setse, though was 

 not put in the genus "Hymenochaete" by Cooke, hence still passes in Saccardo as a simple Stereum, 

 devoid of setae. 



Stereum speciosum, Brazil, Fries. Not known to me authoritatively, but from Montagne's de- 

 termination (no doubt correct) it is only a lobed form of Stereum reniforme (viz.: damaecorne). The 

 only United States record (Peck) has no resemblance to it (cfr. Stereum unicum, p. 35). 



