Thelephora 



THELEPHORACE^: 



399 



laciniate petals ; 1794 and 1801 are fetid. The sequence of species 

 is that of Fries, Berkeley, Stevenson and Saccardo. 



Species 17861804 





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Fig. g6. A, B, Thelephora caryophyllea Pers., entire and ;iin 

 section, one-half natural size, c, D, E, 7'. laciniata Pers., upper 

 and under surface and section, one-half natural size ; F, basidium 

 and spore, X 750. G, T. fastidiosa Fr., one-half natural size. 



Erect, pileus entire or branched. 1786 1794 



Pileate, dimidiate, horizontal, subsessile or effuso-reflexed. 



17951799 



Resupinate, for the most part incrusting, of various forms ; 



hymenium even. Soft, subgelatinous when moist and with 



a compact, not strigose pileus ; forming effused patches or 



dendritic masses on twigs, grass, etc. 1800 1804 



1786. T. Sowerbei Berk, (after James Sowerby) a b. White, becoming 



yellowish. 



P. infundibuliform, more or less laciniate and toothed, rough 

 with radiating projecting processes. St. attenuate downwards. 

 Hym. plain, setulose. 



On the ground amongst moss, under beech; rare. Oct. -Nov. 2 x 2 in. 

 Sometimes occurs with a tuberous base as in 1791. 



