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treat it as the type of a new genus. The spore characters show a 
relationship to Phellodon, Auriscalpium and Gloiodon, but the 
substance and structure of the pileus show more of an affiliation 
with Hydniini. 
Thelephora padinaeformis Mont, is represented in the her- 
barium of the Paris Museum by a specimen marked “ Thelephora 
padinaeformis Mont. Crypt. Guy. No. 401. Guyane Francaise. 
Legonier No. 914 (1850).” It seems altogether probable that this 
is the type specimen. It is precisely the same form as Leveille’s 
specimen. There are with this several other specimens of the 
same species also collected in Guyane Francaise which are much 
larger and show the characters of the plant remarkably well. It 
it a unique species, sui generis. 
I have not seen the type of H. lateritium Mass., but his descrip- 
tion appears to indicate the above species in every particular. 
Massee’s specimens were from the “ Gold Coast,” Africa, and 
give an interesting extension of the distribution of this species. 
De Pauw University, 
Greencastle, Ind. 
