PLcell. aph. ll.HYMENOTHECEAE. 288. Stereum. 653 
3. Stereum ferrugineum. Ferruginous stereum. 
Phallus spreading, turned back, rust-colour; cap thin, 
slightly woolly, smoothish ; beneath hairy. 
Thelephora variegata, Schrad. Germ. 185. 
Auricularia tabacina, Sowerby Fungi, 25. 
Thelephora ferruginea, Persoon Syn. 560. 
On fallen sticks, in woods. 
4. Stereum hirsutum. Shaggy stereum. 
Phalli in tufts, leatherlike, yellowish, shaggy; under- 
neath bald. 
Auricularia reflexa, Sowerby Fungi , 27. 
Thelephora hirsuta, Persoon Syn. 570. 
On trees and palings. 
5. Stereum mesentericum. Caivl stereum. 
Phallus large, leathery, gelatinous; cap horizontal, rather 
thin, with impressed zones, woolly, greyish-brown ; beneath 
turning purple, with scattered, longitudinal folds. 
Helvella mesenterica, Dickson Crypt. 1,20. 
Thelephora mesenterica, Persoon Syn. 571. 
On trees. 
XLV1I. 289. CORTICIUM. Persoon. Bark-ear. 
Phallus spread, attached by its back, nipply. 
Corticium quercinum. Oak bark-ear. 
Phallus attached lengthways, leatherlike, wrinkly, rather 
fleshy; edge somewhat turned in; beneath brown. 
Auricularia corticalis, Withering Arr. 4,377. 
Thelephora quercina, Persoon Syn. 573. 
On the branches of oak-trees. 
XLVIII. 290. MERISMA. Persoon. Branch-ear. 
Phallus branched, leatherlike, compressed, smooth ; tip 
mostly hairy. 
1. Merisma cristatum. Crested branch-ear. 
Phallus rather lying down, encrusting, pale; branches 
jagged, thickened, wrinkly. 
Clavaria laciniata, Sowerby Fungi , 158. 
Merisma cristatum, Persoon Syn. 583. 
In woods, on the ground. 
