70 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBuU. 



Key for the analysis of Connecticut Genera of Thelephoracece. 



Spores colored, substance of plant leathery, dry and 



fibrous, f ruiting-surface wrinkled Thelephora 



Spores colorless i 



1. Fruiting-surface minutely velvety, with rigid, 



smooth, colored, projecting cystidia. . . .Hymenochcete 

 Fruiting-surface smooth 2 



2. Plants funnel-shaped or cup-shaped 3 



Plants not funnel-shaped or cup-shaped 4 



3. Plants large, funnel-shaped, substance fleshy or 



membranaceous Craterellus 



Plants small, cup-shaped, substance thin Cyphella 



4. Surface of cap velvety, fruiting-surface not cracked 



in drying Stereum 



Plants smooth throughout, waxy, polished, entirely 

 resupinate, fruiting-surface cracked when dry. . 



Corticium 



THELEPHORA Ehrh. 



Qriki], a teat ; (popiw, to bear. 



In this genus, the substance of the fruit-body is dry and 

 fibrous, somewhat leathery in texture, and lacks a distinct 

 cuticle. The fruiting-surface is slightly wrinkled and bears 

 colored, minutely warted spores. Many species are soft and 

 elastic but never gelatinous. 



Thelephora anthocephala {ardoQ, flower; Ke<f>a\ii, head). 



Goshen, Underwood. 

 Thelephora intybacea Pers. (resembling chicory). 



Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Thelephora pallida Pers. (pale). 



Waterbury, Hanmer. 

 Thelephora palmata (Scop.) Fr. (palmate). 



Glastonbury, Hanmer. 

 Thelephora radiata Fr. (radiated). 



East Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Thelephora terrestris Ehrh. (pertaining to the earth). 



East Hartford, South Windsor, Hanmer. 



