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THELEPHOREI. 



Thelephora. Circumference not penicillate. 



On stumps, logs, grass, &c. Common. Jan.-Oct. 



Name seba, tallow. From its consistence. Pers. Syn. p. 577. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 637. Berk. Out. p. xvii. /. 17. / 6. C. Hbk. n. 904. S. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 853. LetelL t. 607.7. 3- Pers. Clavaf. t. 4. /. 4. Fl. Dan. t. 1302.7. 2. 



17. T. Crustacea Schum. Fuscous-umber, broadly effused, 

 somewhat fleshy, undulated and tubercular, the similar circum- 

 ference white-floccose. Hymenium papillose, slightly bristly. 



On the ground. Burnham. 



Name crusta, a crust. Crustaceous. Schum. Sail. p. 396. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 637. B. & Br. n. 1577. Fl. Dan. t. 1851.7. 2. 



18. T. csesia Pers. Cinereous-bluish-grey, effused, determinate, 

 soft, continuous. Hymenium even, slightly bristly. 



A very thin, even, grey-cinereous form approaching this has occurred on 

 sterile heathy ground. 



On stumps and the ground. Frequent. Nov. 



The surface is sometimes quite smooth. With its quaternate spores it is a 

 pretty opaque object under the microscope. M.J.B. Name ccesius, bluish- 

 grey. Pers. Obs. Myc. \. t. 3. /. 6. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 638. Berk. Out. p. 

 268. C. Hbk. n. 903. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 854. Nees Syst.f. 254. 



Cladoderris. GENUS XLV. CladodemS (/cAaSoy, a young branch; Seppis, a 



leathern coat. From its coriaceous and branched structure). 



Pers. 



Coriaceous; hymenium woody, ra- 

 diated on branched ribs, persistent, 

 at length roughened with warts. 

 Fr. Sum. Veg. Scan. p. 332. 



1. C. minima B. Br. White, 

 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) across, flabelli- 

 form, springing from a stem-like or 

 obsolete base, resupinate. Pileus 

 tomentose. Hymenium radiated on 

 branched ribs. 



Though small it has exactly the structure 

 of the exotic species. 



On birch. Glamis, 1876. Dec. 



LXXXV. Cladoderris minima. 



Natural size. Section three times Name minimus, least. Very small. B. 

 natural size. r> Br. n. 1692. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 855. 



