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apices usually fimbriate, yellowish- or claret-brown. St. short 

 or obsolete, soon furcate, colour as P. 



Odour none. Woods, on the ground. Aug.-Nov. 2 x 3 in. Somewhat 

 resembles a Clavaria or Xylaria hy poxy Ion in habit. Very variable in the 

 form of the laciniae. 



1793. T. elavularis Fr. (from the nail-like branches ; clavula, a small 



nail) a. Claret-brown or rufous-fuscous. 



P. coriaceous-soft, much and irregularly branched, branches round, 

 attenuate, even, smooth, apices acute, pubescent, whitish or 

 pale yellowish. St. short, thick, somewhat tuberous. 



Odour none. On the ground, if x X $ in. Habit as 1792. 



1794. T. palmata Fr. (from a fancied resemblance to the palm of 



the hand) a b c. 

 Coriaceous-soft, much branched, pubescent, dark yellowish-brown 



or dark claret-brown, apices cottony-fringed, brownish- white. 



St. branched, flattened even, larger lobes wedge-shaped, the 



smaller sometimes in form of small infundibuliform pilei. 

 Odour fetid, carrion-like. Woods, fir, maple. Aug.-Nov. 3! x 4 in. 



Habit as 1792. 



1795. T. intybaeea Pers. (from a fancied resemblance to the flowers 



of chicory, Cichorum Intybus] a b c. 



P. fibrous, somewhat jagged and toothed, slightly laciniate, zoned 

 or zoneless, rufous-ferruginous, deep sienna or deep claret- 

 brown; marg. white. Hym. papillose, subfloccose, veined 

 near marg., brownish-vinous, pale vinous at marg. Tufts 

 central and obconic, lateral and subtriangular or spathulate. 



Gregarious, imbricate. Pine- woods, pine- twigs, Vaccinium Myrtillns. Nov. 

 2 X \ X & in. Intermediate forms occur between this and 1796 and 1797. 



1796. T. terrestris Pers. (from the terrestrial habit) a b c. 



P. soft, fibrous-strigose, lobed, usually zoneless, extended into a 

 somewhat lateral, almost obsolete stem or base, deep vinous- 

 brown ; z. when present darker ; marg. pale brownish-white, 

 often with a narrow white-pubescent edge. Hym. radiate- 

 rugose, claret-brown-yellowish or salmon. 



Gregarious, imbricate. Woods, fir. July-Oct. Diam. if in. 



1797. T. laeiniata Pers. (from the fringed margin of the pileus ; 



ladnici) a flap) a b c. 



P. coriaceous-soft, fibrous-scaly, effuso-reflexed, somewhat zoned, 

 deep sienna, somewhat claret; marg. fibrous-fringed, whitish. 

 St. when present incrusting branches as a thick membrane, 

 paler than P. Hym. veined and papillose, colour as St. 



Imbricate, growing in strata, perennial. Woods, pine, larch, branches, twigs, 

 leaves, oak, heather, Vaccinium Myrtilhts, earth, often on compacted 

 masses of fir-leaves. Aug.-Nov. Diam. 2 in. At first forming a 

 resupinate, yellowish or salmon-brown film. 



1797a. T. atra Weinm. (from the black colour ; ater, black) a. Soft. 



Pi. springing from a tuberous base, purple-black above and below, 



sometimes cinereous; mid. paler. Hym. smooth, setulose, 



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