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THELEPHORACE.E 



Coniophora 



1897. C. gelatinosa W. G. Sm., Aldridgea gelatines a Mass, (from 



its gelatinous substance) a. 



Broadly effused, fleshy, subgelatinous, sometimes ^ in. thick, 

 becoming collapsed and rigid. Hym. pallid becoming purple- 

 brown ; marg. determinate. Spores olive. 



Sawdust, extending for several inches, the irregularities of the hymenium due 

 to the substratum. 5 in. 



1898. C. byssoidea Karst. (from its, at first, flaxy condition; Gr. 



byssos, fine flax, eidos, appearance) a c. 

 Irregularly effused, at first grey, then compact; mid. fleshy. 



Hym. light to ferruginous yellow, or colour of coffee and milk ; 



marg. narrow, somewhat arachnoid or flaxy, whitish. 

 Forming a biscuit-coloured film sometimes a foot broad on fir-leaves, moss, 



earth, etc. ; frequent. 4^ in. 



LXXXVIII. EXOBASIDIUM Woron. 



(From the habit, the spores growing from basidia only with no 

 true sporophore ; ex, out of.) 



Entophytes parasitic on living leaves and stems, which they 

 deform and hypertrophy. Basidia crowded, cylindrico-clavate,. 



Fig. 103. A, Exobasidium Va.ccinn'WorQn., one-half natural size. B, section 

 through hymenium of ditto, showing basidia and spores, X 500. 



