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BUKT THELEPHORACEAE OF NORTH AMERICA VI 215 



Specimens examined: 

 Sweden: Smolandia, from E. Fries (in Kew Herb.); 



Ferns jo, L. Romell, 234, 235, and E. A. Burt; Stockholm, 



L. Romell, 229-232. 

 Finland: Mustiala, P. Karsten, authentic specimen of E. 



tristis; Messuby, P. Karsten, authentic specimen of Hy- 



pochnopsis fuscata. 

 Hungary: A, Kmet, comm. by G. Bresadola, authentic speci- 

 men of Hypochnus sitnensis. 

 Ceylon: Habgalla, No. 539, Feb., 1868, the type of Thele- 



phora arachnoidea Berk. & Broome (in Kew Herb.). 

 Canada: J. Macoun, 64, 

 Ontario: Harraby, E. T. & S. A. Harper, 593. 

 New Hampshire: Chocorua, W. G. Farlow, 9, 13, 14, 15, 22. 

 Vermont: Middlebury, E. A. Burt. 

 Massachusetts: Sharon, A. P. D. Piguet, comm. by W. G. 



Farlow. 

 New York: Lake Placid, C. B. PecJc; Floodwood, E. A. Burt. 

 Wisconsin : Blue Mounds, E. T. S 8. A. Harper, 860. 

 British Columbia: Kootenai Mountains, near Salmo, J. R. 



Weir, 441, 487 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 8227, and 20225 



respectively) . 



O 6. H. fuscus Pers. ex Fries, Obs. Myc. 2:280. 1818 and 

 1824; Karsten, Finska Vetenskaps-Soc. Bidrag Natur och 

 Folk 37:163. 1882. 



Corticium fuscum Persoon, Obs. Myc. 1:38. 1796; Fries, 

 Hym. Eur. 651. 1874. Thelephora fusca Fries, Syst. Myc. 

 1 :451. 1821. Thelephora vinosa Persoon, Syn. Fung. 2 :578. 

 1801. Tomentella fusca (Pers.) Schroeter, Krypt.-Fl. Schle- 

 sien 3:419. 1888. 



Type : existence of an authentic specimen unknown to me. 



Fructification effused, membranaceous, separa- 

 ble, cinnamon-drab, darkening to Benzo-brown and ^^ r^ 

 Natal-brown; structure in section 200-350/a thick, 

 with a few hyphae running along the substratum ^^^' ^ 

 and ascending and branching or giving off suberect. Spores 

 loosely interwoven branches; hyphae concolorous ^^^^' 

 with the fructification but rather pale under the microscope. 



