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on the under side of very old pine-rail lying on the ground. 

 (B. & Br.). 



Warts not more than ^ line high, the limpid globule 

 consists of resin derived from the matrix. 



ODONTIA. Pers. (figs. 18, 19, p. 149.) 



Eesupinate, effused, consisting of interwoven hyphae, 

 dry, not waxy; surface warted, rarely spinulose, warts or 

 spines cristate at the apex. 



Odontia, Pers., Ohs. ii. p. 16 ; Stev., B. Fung., p. 256. 



Thin, resupinate fungi, known by the crested or penicillate 

 apices of the warts or spines. 



Hymenium formed of fibres interwoven into papillose 

 warts, rarely awl or bristle-like, furnished at the apex with 

 a multifid crest. 



Eesupinate, spreading fungi, dry, not waxy, approaching 

 more to Hydnum. (Fries.) 



Odontia fimbriata. Pers. (figs. 18, 19, p. 149.) 



Cinnamon or pale buff, often tinged lilac, thin, broadly 

 effused, traversed by (prominent branching veins, margin 

 fringed ; warts small, tips crested. 



Odontia fimbriata, Pers., Obs. i. p. 88 ; Stev., B. Fung., 

 p. 257. 



On dead wood. Often very broadly effused, entirely 

 resupinate, usually a beautiful fawn-colour, appearing 

 to the naked eye as being densely covered with small 

 granules, which, when magnified, are seen to be fringed at 

 the tips. 



In young perfect specimens the membrane is furnished 

 with branched ribs, which adhere less firmly to the matrix. 

 Margin most elegantly radiato-fibrillose, white. Dry speci- 

 mens are of a uniform fawn-colour, sometimes the fimbri- 

 ated margin is entirely absent. Warts at first granular, 

 minute, at length elongated. (Berk.) 



Odontia barba-jovis. Fr. 

 White, then pale yellowish-tan, membranaceou^s,; effused ; 

 warts conical, ^— ^ in. long, with an orange fringe at the 

 apex ; spores subglobose, 5-6 ix diam. 



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