ZJU, OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



On fallen branches. Hare. Gracedieu, Leicestershire, etc. 

 Sow. t. 2~), belongs to Stereum spadiceum. 



3. H. corrugata, B. ; effused, closely adnatc, indeterminate, 

 cinnamon, cracked when dry. — Grev. t. 234. 



On sticks, in -woods. Very common. Varying in colour, 

 ferruginous, copper-coloured, etc. It certainly ought not to 

 be placed in a distinct genns from the two preceding, of one of 

 which it is possibly only a resupinate condition. 



38. AURICULARIA, Fr. 

 Hymenium irregularly and distantly folded, gelatinous 

 when wet, different in substance from the pileus. 



1 . A. mesenterica, Bull. ; pilei resupinate, thin, reflexed, 

 entire, villous, zoned, and fasciate, brownish-cinereous ; hyme- 

 nium costato-plicate, brownish-violet. — Soio. t. 290 ; Huss. ii. 

 t. G. 



On stems of trees, etc. Not uncommon. In dry weather 

 very thin, but reviving with wet. 



2. A. lobata, Somm. ; pileus effuso-reflexed, variegated with 

 strigoso-tomentose, velvety and smooth zones, tawny, inclining 

 to dirty-white ; hymenium livid-tawny ; folds distant, forming 

 a loose network. (Plate 18, fig. 1.) 



On bark of trees. Not common. Staunton, Nottingham- 

 shire. Very nearly allied to the last. 



39. CORTICIUM, Fr. 

 Hymenium soft and fleshy, swollen when moist, collapsing 

 and becoming even when dry, often rimosc. 



* Circumference hyssoid, Jihrillose, etc. 

 1. C. giganteum, Fr. ; widely effused, when moist swelling, 

 waxy, hyaline, white, when dry thin, but cartilaginous, free, 

 milk-white; circumference strigoso-radiate ; hymenium even. 



