ACOTYLEDONS. FUNGI. ClavCtT+a. 29 



D. GYMNODERMI. Pileus varying in form, generally dimi- 

 diate, spreading, stemless, dry and coriaceous. Receptacle 

 or membrane oj the fructification smoothish or papillose. 



29. THELEPHORA. 



Pilevs coriaceous, papillose, rarely with minute bristles, or uniform 

 and smooth. 



1. Th. caryophyllea, somewhat imbricated purplish brown, pi- 

 leus somewhat funnel-shaped with shaggy concentric lines 

 very shaggy at the margin. Decand. Fl. Gall. p. 21. Auri- 

 cularia caryophyllea. Sow. .213. Helvellacaryoph., With. 



-p. 332. 



HAB. Wood and stumps of trees, near the ground, and on the ground 

 itself. At Castle Campbell. Sept. Mr. Greville. 



2. Th. ruliginosa, imbricated rigid brownish rust colour gla- 

 brous on each side, pippillae scattered rather large. Pers. 

 p. 567. Auricular ia ferruginea, Sow. t. 26. Auric, nico- 

 tiana, With. 



HAB. On old pales and decayed wood, not uncommon. June, July. 

 Hopk. 



3. Th.ferruginea, effuse reflexed ferruginous, pileus thin some- 

 what downy smoothish (nearly even) hairy beneath. Pers. 

 p. 569. Auricularia tabacina, Sow. t. 25. 



HAB. Branches of decayed trees in the spring, frequent, Hopk. 



4. Th. hirsuta, en. vulgar is, caespitose coriaceous yellowish with 

 concentric hairy lines glabrous beneath. Pers. p. 570. Au- 

 ricularia reflexa, Sow. t. 27. 



HAB. Stumps of trees and rotten wood during the spring, not un- 

 common, Hopk., Mr. Greville. 



5. Th. purpjirea, imbricated subgclatinous zoned downy whitish 

 purple beneath. Pers. p. 57 1 . Auricular iacorrugala, Sow. t. 90. 



HAB. Rotten wood and stumps of trees during most of the year, fre- 

 quent, Hopk. 



E, CLAWEFORMES. Fleshy, elongated, uniform, simple, or 



Iranched Fungi, with their surface smooth. 



30. CLAVARIA. 



Clavate at the extremity, simple or branched, confluent, with 

 the stipes, " discharging its seeds from the whole surface." 

 Decand. 



* CORALLOIDE^E. Bra?iched. 



1. Cl. coralloides, branches crowded very much divided and 

 subdivided unequal. With. p. 359. Soiv. t. 278. Light f. 

 p. 1060. 



HAB. Woods and heaths, not uncommon. Autumn. Lightf;, Kopk. 

 Usually white. 



2. Cl. fastigiata, yellow, branches crowded very much divided 

 and subdivided of equal height. With. p. 360. Light f. p. 106 1 . 



HAB. Woods and pastures. Autumn. Lightf. 



