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BURT THELEPHORACEAE OF NORTH AMERICA. VIII 257 



Fructifications up to 3-8 cm. long, 2-4 cm. broad. 



Under rotting pine boards and limbs on the ground. New 

 York, Maryland, and Washington. October to December. 

 Probably rare. 



This species is characterized by its dark color usually 

 olive-brown dark-colored hyphae, and very large, septate, 

 colored, incrusted cystidia. Our American specimens agree 

 well with that from Europe received from Bresadola, whose 

 view of this species I follow. 



Specimens examined: 

 Eussian Poland : Eichler, comm. by G. Bresadola. 

 New York : Alcove, C, L, Shear, 1326, 

 Maryland : Takoma Park, C. L. Shear , 997. 

 Washington: Bingen, W. N, Suksdorf, 869, 870, 



14. C. olivacea (Fr.) Karsten, Finska Vet.-Soc. Bidrag Na- 

 tur och Folk 37 : 162. 1882; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6 : 649. 1888; 

 Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 25 : 129. 1889 ; Bresadola, I. R. 

 Accad. Agiati Atti III. 3 : 116. 1897. 



Hypochnus olivaceus Fries, Obs. Myc. 2 : 282. 1818 (in 

 part). Thelephora olivacea Fries, Elenchus Fung. 1:17. 1828 

 (in part). Corticium (subg. Hypochnus) olivaceum Fries, 

 Hym. Eur. 660. 1874 (in part). Corticium (suhg.Coniophora) 

 olivaceum (Fr.) Cooke, Grevillea 8 : 89. 1880. Coniophorella 

 olivacea (Fr.) Karsten, Finl. Basidsv. 438. 1889; Bresadola, 

 Ann. Myc. 1 : 110. 1903. Corticium leucothrix Berk. & Curtis, 

 Grevillea 2 : 4. 1873. Corticium (subg. Coniophora) leuco- 

 thrix (Berk. & Curtis) Cooke, Grevillea 8 : 89. 1880. Com*- 

 ophora leucothrix (Berk. & Curtis) Cooke in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 

 6 : 648. 1888; Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 25 : 133. 1889. 

 Corticium brunneolum Berk. & Curtis, Grevillea 2 : 4. 1873. 

 Corticium (subg. Coniophora) brunneolum (Berk. & Cur- 

 tis) Cooke, Grevillea 8:88. 1880. Coniophora brunneola 

 (Berk. & Curtis) Cooke in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6:648. 1888; 

 Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 25 : 134. 1889. Hymenochaete 

 Ellisii Berk. & Cooke, Grevillea 4 : 162. 1876. Corticium 

 (subg. Coniophora) Ellisii (Berk. & Cooke) Cooke, Grevillea 

 8 : 89. 1880. Coniophora Ellisii (Berk. & Cooke) Cooke in 



