Pl.cell.aph. 11. HY MENOTHECE. 288. Stereum. 653. 
3. Stereum ferrugineum. Ferruginous stereum. 
Thallus spreading, turned back, rust-colour ; cap thin, 
slightly woolly, smoothish; beneath hairy. 
Thelephora variegata, Schrad. Germ. 185, 
Auricularia tabacina, Sowerby Fungi, 25. 
Thelephora ferruginea, Persoon Syn. 569. 
On fallen sticks, in woods. 
4, Stereum hirsutum. Shagey sterewm. 
Thali in tufts, leatherlike, yellowish, shaggy; under- 
neath bald. 
Auricularia reflexa, Sowerby Fungi, 27. 
Thelephora hirsuta, Persoon Syn. 570. 
On trees and palings. 
5. Stereum mesentericum. Cawl stereum. 
Thallus large, leathery, gelatinous; cap horizontal, rather 
thin, with impressed zones, woolly, greyish-brown; beneath 
turning purple, with scattered, longitudinal folds. 
Helvella mesenterica, Dickson Crypt. 1, 20. 
Thelephora mesenterica, Persoon Syn. 571. 
On trees. 
XLVII. 289. CORTICIUM. Persoon. Bark-ear. 
Thallus spread, attached by its back, nipply. j 
Corticitum quercinum. _ Oak bark-ear. 
Thallus attached lengthways, leatherlike, wrinkly, rather 
fleshy; edge somewhat turned in; beneath brown. 
Auricularia corticalis, Withering Arr. 4,377. 
Thelephora quercina, Persoon Syn. 573. 
On the branches of oak-trees. 
XLVIIL 290. MERISMA. Persoon. Branch-ear. 
Thallus branched, leatherlike, compressed, smooth; tip 
mostly hairy. 
1. Merisma cristatum. Crested branch-ear. 
Thallus rather lying down, encrusting, pale; branches 
jagged, thickened, wrinkly. 
Clavaria laciniata, Sowerby Fungi, 158. 
Merisma cristatum, Persoon Syn, 583. 
In woods, on the ground. 
