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the same colour, cracking when dry ; spores ellipsoid, apiculate at 
the base, very pale cinnamon, 12 x 8 /*. 
On wood and bark. 
0. Coniophora umbrina {All. and Schw.) Massee. Stev. Brit. Fung. 
II., 282. 
Effused, fleshy, soft, umber, villous beneath, circumference 
shortly radiating, of the same colour ; hymenium tuberculose, 
then collapsing, powdered with ferruginous ; spores ellipsoid, 
apiculate at the base, pale umber, 12-14 x 8-10 ft. 
Effused on wood, branches, &c. 
6. Coniophora incrustans. Massee Linn. Journ. 
Effused, thin, indeterminate ; hymenium subtomentose, pallid ; 
spores very pale ochre, 15-17 x 8-10 ft. (Herb. Berk.) 
Running over leaves and twigs. Apethorpe. 
7. Coniophora arida ( Fr .). CJee. Girev, vm., 89. Stev. Brit. Fung. 
ii., 282. 
Membranaceous, effused, closely adnate, thin, margin radiately 
byssoid, whitish ; hymenium even, sulphur-coloured, then powdery, 
umber becoming rusty ; spores ellipsoid, apiculate at the base, 
ochraceous, 12 x 7 ft. 
On pine wood. 
8. Coniophora sulphurea (Fr.). Massee. Coolce Handbk . No. 929. 
Stev. Brit. Fung. II., 276. 
Effused, fibrillose byssoid, bright sulphur coloured ; hymenium 
(when perfect) thick, tawny, waxy and soft, cracking when dry ; 
spores ellipsoid or subglobose, yellow-brown, 12 x 9 ft. 
On wood, &c. 
var. ochroidea, Berk. 
Spores ellipsoid, apiculate at the base ; olive, 16-18 x 9-10 /x. 
On wood and bark. 
9. Coniophora subdealbata {Berk. Sf Br.). Massee. 
Effused, determinate ; hymenium ochraceous-olive, powdery ; 
spores ellipsoid, apiculate at the base, ochraceous, 12 x 8 ft. 
On bark. 
10. Coniophora Berkeleyi, Massee , Linn. Journ. 
Effused, thick, determinate ; hymenium brown, at length turning 
purplish, cracked, interstices silky ; spores ellipsoid, apiculate at 
the base, tawny, 12 x 8 ft. 
On decorticated wood. 
B. Microspor,e. Spores minute (4-10 ft long). 
11. Coniophora Cookel, Massee , Linn. Journ. 
Effused, fibrillosely membranaceous, margin byssoid, pallid ; 
hymenium ferruginous olive, powdery ; spores elliptic, ochraceous, 
10 x 6 ft. 
On rotting wood. 
