1918] 



BURT THELEPHORACEAE OP NORTH AMERICA. X 367 



Ohio: Cincinnati, A. P. Morgan, comm. by Lloyd Herb., 2642; 



locality not stated, C. G. Lloyd, 3579, 

 Kentucky: Crittenden, C. G. Lloyd, 1414 (in Lloyd Herb., and 



in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 55556). 

 Cuba: C G, Lloyd, 435 (in Lloyd Herb., and in Mo. Bot. Gard. 



Herb., 55156). 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN 



37. Hymenochaete pallida Cooke & Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 Jour. 27 : 97. 1890; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9 : 227. 1891. 

 Type: in Kew Herb. 



* * Cartilagineo-coriacea ; pileo renif ormi v. subflabellato, ap- 

 planato, spongioso-velutino, pallido, concentrice sulcato- 

 zonato, margine sublobato, acuto; hymenio lineato-rugoso, 

 velutino, umbrino, subrutilante ; setis prominulis, subclavatis, 

 40-50x5 At; sporae ellipsoideae, 6x3-4 /i. (Type in Herb. 

 Kew.) 



* * Mexico. 



* * Pilei thin, 1-2 in. across, densely velvety, the pile arranged 

 in a porous, sponge-like manner, pallid, when old almost 

 white.'' Original description. 



I did not find the type of H, pallida in Kew Herbarium and 

 can make no addition to the above description. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Hymenochaete abnormis Peck, H. fimbriata Ell. & Ev., 

 and H. rugispora Ell. & Ev. have colored paraphyses rather 

 than cystidia and will receive consideration in Stereum. 



Hymenochaete crassa (Lev.) Berk, is Stereum umbrinum 

 or very near it. 



Hymenochaete frustulosa Berk. & Curtis is Septohasidium 

 frustulosum. 



Hymenochaete multispinulosa Peck is Stereum umbrinum, 



Hymenochaete musicola Berk. & Curtis is an Asterostroma. 



Hymenochaete paupercula Berk. & Curtis is a Peniophora. 



