PHLEBIA. 



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On dead beech. Epping Forest. Feb.-March. Raduium. 



Name -fagus, beech. Growing on beech. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 624. C. 

 Hbk. n. Syd.Pers. 



8. R. aterrimum Fr. Black, innate, removing the bark, 

 strigose. Tubercles elongated, distant, large, irregularly shaped, 

 somewhat compressed, black. 



Hymenium not continuous. 



On branches. Kensington Gardens. 



Berkeley now regards Hydnum erectum Sow. Herb, as identical. Name 

 ater, black. Very black. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 624. B. & Br. n. 1814, 1573. 



GENUS XXXVIII. Phlebia 



ance of the hymenium). 



, a vein, from the veiny appear- Phkbia. 

 Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 426. 



Hymenium amphigenous, waxy-soft, smooth, continuous, from 

 the first wrinkled into crests; covered with wrinkles which 

 are crowded, interrupted, persistent, 

 quite entire at the edge, everywhere 

 bearing spores. Resupinato- effused, 

 somewhat gelatinous - waxy when 

 moist, cartilaginous when dry. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 624. 



1. P. merismoides Fr. Flesh- 

 colour then livid, villous and white 

 beneath, orange-strigose at the cir- 

 cumference, effused, even or slightly 

 branched in becoming incrusted. 

 Wrinkles simple, straight, crowded. 



The wrinkles are never porous or retic- 

 ulate. 



On stumps and branches. Rare. 

 Sept.-Feb. 



Often running over mosses. Thin, tremelloid when fresh. M.J.B. 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) broad. Name Merisma, elSos, appearance. Merisma-like. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 624. Berk. Out. p. 263. C. Hbk. n. 877. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. p. 156. Grev. t. 280. Huss. ii. /. 44. 



2. P. radiata Fr. Red-flesh-colour, 2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) 

 across, somewhat round, equal, smooth on both sides, circum- 



ference radiate in the form of teeth. Folds straight, radiating in 

 rows. 



LXXIX. Phlebia merismoides. 

 Natural size. 



