THELEPHOEA. 105 



Thelephora intybacea. Pers. 



Caespitose, soft, whitish, then reddish-brown ; stems more 

 or less confluent; pileoli imbricated, fibrous, margin ex- 

 panded, whitish, becoming dark ; hymenium papillose, spores 

 snbglobose, rongh, vinous; 7-9 /i. 



Thelephora intybacea, Fr., Hym. Eur. 635 ; Stev.,|_B. Fung, 

 ii. 264. 



On the ground. Tufts 1^-2 in. high, erect or with laterally 

 spreading, subtriangular pilei from 1-2 in. across. 



** Pilei imhricated, horizontal. 



Thelephora terrestris. Ehrh. 



Tufted, soft, brown, then blackish; pileoli overlapping, 

 flattened, more or less circular in outline, strigose ; hymenium 

 radiato-rugose ; spores subglobose, vinous, warted, 8-10. 



Thelephora terrestris, Berk., Outl., p. 267 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 896,- Stev., B. Fung. 264. 



On the ground in fir woods. Variable in size, segments 

 sometimes subdivided, from 1-2 in. across. 



Thelephora laciniata. Pers. (figs. 23, 24, p. 97.) 

 Vinous, brown, soft, incrusting, lobes thin, overlapping, 

 subrotund, fibroso-scaly, margin coarsely fibrose, at first 

 whitish ; hymenium inferior, radiato-rugulose, papillose ; 

 spores subglobose, vinous, rough, 6-9 /<.. 



Thelephora laciniata. Berk., Outl. p. 268 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 n. 899 ; Stev., B. F. ii. p. 264. 



On fir-stumps, running up stems of heather, &c., and on 

 the ground in fir--svoods. Perennial. Variable in size, often 

 extending for several inches. Known from T. terrestris by 

 the coarsely fibrous pileus and the shaggy margin. 



Thelephora biennis. Fr. 



Greyish-brown or ochraceous, sometimes with a vinous 

 tinge, soft, incrusting ; pilei tomentose with the fringed 

 margin often reflexed ; hymenium almost even ; spores 

 subglobose, rough, vinous, 9-11 //,. 



Thelephora biennis. Berk., Outl., p. 268 ; Cke., Hdbk. 900 ; 

 Stev., B. F. ii. 264. 



On the ground, stones, wood, &c. Often broadly effused, 

 incrusting everything near, pale ochraceous, greyish-brown 



