NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 
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Stilbum (Ciliciopodiun) aurifilum, Gerard. Sacc. Syll. 2733. 
Stipitibus elongatis, setulis strigosis, aureo -flavidis. Capitulo 
pyriformi vel clavato, albido. Conidiis minutissimis globosis, 1 
vix excedentibus. 
On Daedalea unicolor. U.S.A. 
Uredo amsoniae, Cke. 
Hypophylla. Maculis obsoletis. Soris minutis, orbicularibus, 
pallidis, gregariis, primo tectis, dein lacero-erumpentibus. Uredo- 
sporis globosis, verruculosis, pallide flavidis, 20-22 p. 
On leaves of Amsonia. S. Carolina. ( Rav . 2868.) 
BRITISH THELEPHOREiE. 
The publication of Mr. G. Massee’s monograph of the 
Thelephoreae is proceeding rather slowly and gradually in the 
Journal of the Linnean Society. As some alterations are 
necessarily made in the nomenclature and arrangement of the 
British species, some indication of these corrections may be 
advisable, in the order of their publication. 
Gen. 1. CONIOPHORA (D.C.). Massee. 
Resupinately effused ; hymenium even, powdery ; spores 
coloured brownish. 
A. Macrospor.®. Spores large (11-25 p long). 
1. Coniophora olivacea ( Fr .). Cooke Grev. vill., 89. Berk. Outl. 
269. Stev. Brit. Fung. II., 283. 
Membranaceous, adnate, circumference fimbriate, whitish; 
hymenium thin, dull olive, powdery-tomentose ; spores ellipsoid, 
ochraceous, 14-17 x 10-12 p. 
On pine trunks. 
2. Coniophora pulverulenta {Lev.). Cooke Grev. vill., 89. 
Effused, dry, ferruginous brown, circumference membranaceous, 
white ; hymenium powdery ; spores ellipsoid, yellow-brown, 15 x 
10 p. 
On wood. 
3. Coniophora puteana (Schum.). Cooke Grev. vni., 88. Stev. Brit. 
Fung. II., 281. 
Broadly effused, fleshy, fragile, pallid, then yellowish, at length 
olivaceous brown, circumference mucedinous, white ; hymenium 
powdery, spores tawny olive, 14-16 X 8-9 p. 
On bark and wood. Common. 
var. cellaris, Sacc. 
Spores olive-brown, 10-12 x 7-8 p. 
On bark, &c., in conservatories. 
4 . Coniophora cinnamomea ( Pers .). Massee , Stev. Brit. Fung. II., 276. 
Effussed, confluent and irregular, adpressed, cinnamon, beneath 
and circumference fibrillosely strigose ; hymenium fleshy, soft, of 
