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26. Corticium polygonium, Fries Hym. Fur. 655. Handblc. No. 
941. Stev. Brit. Fung. II., 280. 
Adnate, determinate, soon indurated, rather grumous, flesh 
coloured, margin similar ; hymenium red beneath the dense frosty 
meal; spores cylindrically ellipsoid, 14-16 x 5-7 \x. 
On bark, especially poplar. Batheaston, Somerset, &c. 
Appearing under the form of dense Tubercularia- like pustules. 
27. Corticium maculaeforme, Fr. Hym. Fur. 656. Stev. Brit. Fung. 
4. FI. Ban., t. 1738, /. 2. 
Orbicular, then confluent, indurated, thin, somewhat rosy ; 
margin similar, smooth ; hymenium spuriously papillose, greyish 
pruinose. 
On dry branches. Penzance. 
28. Corticium sanguineum, Fries Hym. Fur. 650. Handbk. No. 
928. Stev. Brit. Fung, n., 276. 
Broadly effused, indeterminate, loosely adherent, web-like 
beneath, blood-red ; margin loosely fibrillose; hymenium even, 
smooth, flesh coloured, at length pallid ; spores ellipsoid, 6 x 4 /x. 
On wood. Appin, Carlisle, Apethorpe. Forres, N.B. Here- 
ford. 
29. Corticium Carlylei, Massee Mon. Thel. 148. 
Effused in elongated patches, adglutinate, between waxy and 
soft, smooth ; margin white, soon vanishing ; hymenium even, 
naked, dingy orange, continuous when dry ; spores cylindrically 
ellipsoid, obtuse at the ends, curved, 18-20 x 5-6 /x. 
On oak bark. Carlisle. 
30. Corticium flaveolum, Massee Mon. Thel. 150. 
Effused, membranaceous, loosely adhering to the matrix ; margin 
determinate ; hymenium smooth, pallid yellowish ; spores cylin- 
drically ellipsoid, obtuse at the ends, 7x5 fx. 
On trunk of tree-fern. Kew. 
31. Corticium coeruleum, Fries Hym. Fur. 651. Handblc. No. 930. 
Stev. Brit. Fung. II., 277. 
Broadly effused, adnate, tomentose, bright blue; margin byssoid 
of the same colour, becoming whitish ; hymenium soft, waxy, 
turning paler when dry ; spores ellipsoid, 8 x 4 /x. 
On wood. Common. 
32. Corticium violaceo-liyidum, Fries Hym. Fur. 655. Stev. Brit. 
Fung. II., 280. 
Somewhat effused, adnate, indurated, livid-violet, margin paler; 
hymenium spuriously corrugated, tuberculose ; clad with a scattered 
whitish meal ; spores cylindrically ellipsoid, curved, 8 X 4 fx. 
On wood. Glamis, N.B. 
33. Corticium lividum, Pers. Obs. i. p. 38. Handbk. No. 934. Stev. 
Brit. Fung. II., 278. 
Effused, closely adnate, between waxy and soft, variable in 
colour ; margin similar ; hymenium even, naked, rather viscid 
