THELEPHOEBAE. 95 



THELEPHOEEAB. 



Sporophore erect and stipitate, ■with a central stem, effused, 

 with the upper portion free and reflexed, or entirely re- 

 supinate ; hymenium perfectly even or radiato-rugulose, 

 glabrous or minutely setulose with projecting cystidia; 

 basldia normally tetrasporous ; spores continuous f (aseptate), 

 colourless or coloured. 



ANALYSIS OF THE GENEBA. 

 A. Spores coloured. 

 * Spores smooth. 

 Coniophora. — Kesupinate, dry and pulverulent. 

 Aldridgea. — Eesupinate, soft and subgelatinous. 



galidnum, showing paraphyses and basidia bearing four o-olourless spores 

 each, the above elements spring directly from loosely interwoven hyphae ; 

 highly mag. ; — Fig. 5, section through plant of same growing on wood, and 

 showing the free upturned margiu ; nat. size ; — Fig. 5a, section through 

 portion of hymenium of Hymenochaete rubiginosa, showing basidia with 

 spores, paraphyses, and long, coloured, spine-like, rigid cystidia,; these 

 last give a velvety appearance to the hymenium when examined with a 

 pooket-lens, and constitute the leading character of the genus; highly 

 mag. ; — Fig. 6, Craterellus cornucopioides, a small specimen, nat. size. ; — 

 Fig. 7, section through hymenium of Peniophora einerea, showing basidia 

 bearing globose spores, paraphyses, and large colourless, projecting 

 cystidia rough at the tip with minute particles of lime ; these latter give 

 to the hymenium a minutely hispid or velvety appearance when viewed 

 through a pocket-lens, and constitute the leading generic character; 

 highly mag. ; — Fig. 8, section through two specimens oC Solenia anomala ; 

 mag. ; — ^Fig. 9, a group of specimens of Oyphella capula ; growing on a 

 twig ; nat. size ; — Fig. 10, two specimens of the same ; mag. 



t In Heterdbasidium, a transition genus between the Thelephoreae and 

 the Hyphomycetes, the spores are septate. 



