104 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



segments with whitisli, fringed tips ; hymenium almost even ; 

 spores subglobose, vinous, verruoulose, 8-9 /*. 



Thelephora anthocephala, Berk., Outl., 267, t. 17, f. 4 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk. n. 893 ; Stev., Brit. Fung., 263. 



On the ground in woods. Tufted, l-2in. high, often cut 

 to the base into wedge-shaped segments, or the segments very- 

 narrow and branched. There is often a vinous tinge about 

 the lower portion of the segments. 



Thelephora caryophyllea. Pers. 



Brownish-purple, inodorous, stem short, pileus depressed, 

 margin variable, lobed or cut into narrow segments ; 

 hymenium almost even ; spores globose, warted, brown, 

 7-8 /x. 



Thehphora caryophyllea. Berk., Outl., 267 ; Sound, and Sm, 

 t. 41, f. 2 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 894 ; Stev., Brit. Fung., ii. 262. 



On the ground amongst grass, under trees. Tough, 2-3 in. 

 high, pilei usually densely caespitose, cup-shaped with a 

 central stem or very much cut and irregular. 



Thelephora clavularis. Fr. 



Eeddish-brown with vinous tinge, soft, branches very 

 irregular, crowded, rounded or subcompressed, smooth, prui- 

 nose, tips acute, whitish, downy; stem very short, sub- 

 tuberous ; spores subglobose, vinous, warted, 8 X 6-7 ju. 



Thelephora clavularis, Fr., Hym. Eur. 634 ; Stev., B. Fung. 

 263. 



On the ground. Branches densely fasciculate, rounded or 

 compressed, ending in one or more whitish, pubescent, acute 

 tips ; 1-1^ in. high. 



Thelephora palmata. Fr. 



Foetid ; brownish-purple, soft, divided from the stem-like 

 base into numerous flattened, palmately-branched segments, 

 tips whitish, fringed; spores subglobose, vinous, warted, 

 8-11 fn. 



Thelephora palmata, Fr., Berk., Outl., p. 267 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 n. 895 ; Stev., B. Fung. 268. 



On the ground in woods. Forming dense clusters 1-2J in. 

 high, distinguished by the foetid odour and wedge-shaped 

 branches. 



