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11. Stereum elegans, Fr. Ep. p. 545. Thdcphorafloriformis, Schweia. MSS. 

 On the ground, attached to sticks; Gnadenhutte. 



12. S. VERSICOLOR, Fr. Ep. p. 547. Thdephora versicolor, Schwein. Herb. 



On dead wood ; Surinam. The specimens are not in a very satisfactory state. 



13. S. LAETUM, Berk. Pileo reniformi subelongato vertice affixo lobato tenui coriaceo subrigido zonato 

 rubiginoso velutino; hymenio setuloso subluteo. Thel. pulchra, Schwein. MSS., and T. strialula, 

 Schwein. MSS. 



On dead wood ; Surinam. 



This species was found abundantly, by Sir R. Schomburgh, in British Guiana, 

 and is distinguished by its thin rather rigid pileus and yellowish hymenium. 5^. 

 crocatum is far thicker. iS. rheicolor, Mont., is yellowish above as well as beneath. 



14. CoRTicnjM CAULiUM, n. sp. ; effusum incrustans Iseve cinnabarinum intus luteum. Thcl. caulina, 



Schwein. MSS. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants ; Surinam. 



Spreading in little patches over the matrix and running over the delicate hairs 

 which it incrusts ; even, bright vermillion, yellow within ; very nearly allied to C. 

 sanguineum, but it does not stain the matrix in consequence of the paler tint of the 

 mycelium, and spreads more readily over neighboring objects. 



15. Hypolyssus Montagnei, Berk, in Hook. Lond. Journ. vol. i. p. 139, tab. vi. fig. 1. Heringia, nov. 

 gen., Schwein. MSS. 



On dead twigs, &c. ; Surinam. 



It). Cora pavonia, Fr. Ep. p. 556. Thel tenuissima, Schwein. MSS., and T. chartacea, Schw. MSS. 



On the ground amongst moss, &c. ; Surinam. 



* Typhula compresa, Schwein., MSS., is the barren stems of some MarasmiuSy 

 probably M. hcematocephalus. The same thing occurs in Carolina. 



17. ExiDiA POLYTRiCHA, Mont. in Bel. voy. p. 154. B. brunnea, Schwein. MSS. 

 On dead wood; Surinam. 



18. E. HISPIDULA, Berk., Ann. of Nat. Hist. ser. i. vol. iii. p. 396. £. cornea, Schwein. MSS 



On dead wood ; Surinam. 



COILOMYCES, B. and C. 



Peridium simplex papyraceum extus implcxo-sericeum (rudimenta pcridii cxterni ;) capiliitium e peridio 

 undique radians intus cavum. muris lacuuEe cribrosis ; sporas globosse minutae. Pcridia aggregata vel 

 confluentia. Mi/celium commune iemie, saltern nan crassum suberosum. Genus Broomeiae inter Lycoperdonas 

 analogon. 



19. CoiLOMYCES Schweinitzii, B. and C. On>/gena Lycoperdon, Schwein. MSS. 

 On highly decayed wood : Surinam. 



Peridia aggregate or altogether confluent, springing from a common thin, some- 

 what membranaceous but tough mycelium, ovate rather pointed at the apex, l-4thor 



