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Type : a fragment in Kew Herb., according to Lloyd. 



Erect, cespitose, membranaceous-soft, fragile when dry, 

 palmately branched, complanate, ribbed, dilated above, lacer- 

 ate-fimbriate at the apex; hymenium definitely inferior, pallid 

 gilvus; spores white. 



In pine woods, Pico de Orizaba, 10,000 ft. altitude, Mexico. 

 Collected by Liebman. 



An extraordinary species, similar to Thelephora tuberosa and 

 Tremellodendron pallidum but with the substance thin, some- 

 what membranaceous, fragile when dry, and with the pileus 

 foliaceous-complanate, ribbed (ribs commonly simple as in 

 Alaria), very distinct. More than an inch high. Hymenium 

 occupying the whole lower surface, at length floccose-collapsing 

 and often foveolate, almost porose; basidia evidently 4-spored. 



The above is a translation of the original description. I did 

 not find the type in Herb. Fries at Upsala nor see the frag- 

 ment which Lloyd has reported as preserved at Kew. 



The specimen from Dutch Guiana, which is cited below, is so 

 similar in aspect to Tremellodendron pallidum that it is probably 

 S. craspedium. This cluster is 7 cm. in diameter and 3-4 cm. 

 high, and agrees well with details of the original description. 

 The basidia are simple, only detached spores found. These are 

 hyaline, even, globose, 3 n in diameter. 



Specimens examined: 

 Dutch Guiana: Jacob Samuels (in N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb, and 

 Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 56300). 



26. S. petalodes Berkeley, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 9: 198. 

 1852; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6:557. 1888; Massee, Linn. Soc. 

 Bot. Jour. 27:165. 1890; Lloyd, Myc. Writ. 4. Stip. Stere- 

 ums, 32. textf. 551. 1913. Plate 3, fig. 23. 



Illustrations: Lloyd, loc. cit. 



Type: in Kew Herb, according to Lloyd. 



Pileus coriaceous, sessile, at first infundibuliform, soon split 

 into numerous lobes which are again more or less divided, dull 

 reddish brown, marked with long grooves or striae; hymenium 

 pale, much cracked, sometimes so much so as to be nearly 

 granulated. 



San Domingo. Coll., Salle, 52. 



