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Missouri: Allenton, Letterman, 48 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 

 5041). 



Arkansas: Cass, W. H. Long, 19838 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 

 17807). 



California: Campo Seco, W. H. Thomas, 3 (in N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 Herb, and Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 86690). 



Mexico: Jalapa, W. A. & E. L. Murrill, 347, comm. by N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb, (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 54468); Ori- 

 zaba, /. G. Smith, 511 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 437). 



56. S. abietinum Persoon, Myc. Eur. 1 : 122. 1822 (under **** 

 Stereum of Thelephora); Fries, Obs. Myc. 1: 274. 1815, and 

 ed. 2, 1824; Epicr. 552. 1838; Hym. Eur. 643. 1874; Sacc. 

 Syll. Fung. 6: 574. 1888. Plate 5, fig. 56. 



Thelephora abietina Persoon, Syn. Fung. 573. 1801; Fries, 

 Syst. Myc. 1 : 442. 1821. Hymenochaete abietina (Pers.) Mas- 

 see, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 27: 115. 1890. Thelephora stri- 

 ata Schrader, Spic. Fl. Germ. 186. 1794. Stereum striatum 

 Schrader ex Fries, Epicr. 551. 1838; Hym. Eur. 641. 1874; 

 Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6:565. 1888. Lloydella striata (Schrad.) 

 Bresadola in Lloyd, Myc. Writ. 1. Myc. Notes 6:51. 1901. 

 Stereum glaucescens Fries, Hym. Eur. 644. 1874; Sacc. Syll. 

 Fung. 6: 575. 1888. Hymenochaete fimbriata Ellis & Ever- 

 hart, Jour. Myc. 1 : 149. 1885; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 599. 1888; 

 Massee, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 27: 113. 1890. Hymenochaete 

 abnormis Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 42 : 126. pi. l.f. 13-16. 

 1889; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9: 227. 1891. 



Illustrations: Istvanffi, Jahrb. f. wiss. Bot. 29: pi. 5. f. 16, 17; 

 Patouillard, Essai Tax. Hym. 72; Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 

 42: pi. l.f. 13-16. 



Fructification coriaceous-spongy, dry, thick, resupinate, 

 effused, rarely reflexed, with upper side tomentose, obscurely 

 zonate, burnt umber, tuberculate or uneven; hymenium varying 

 from light drab to cinereous or glaucous ; in structure 400-900 m 

 thick, of which the intermediate layer and the hymenium 

 together constitute 300-600 m; intermediate layer composed of 

 longitudinally arranged and interwoven colored hyphae 3-3| 

 m in diameter and bordered on its outer side by a darker, denser 

 zone which connects it with the tomentose covering; hymenial 



