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VIII. FUNGI. 
16. STEREUM, Fries. 
Pileus coriaceous, sometimes velvety, with an adherent cuticle. Hymenium 
coriaceous, rather thick, concrete with the middle stratum of the pileus, even, 
veinless, unchangeable. 
A large chiefly tropical genus, of which some species are also found in temperate climates. 
1. S. Sowerbei, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 182. Corky, pale, dull, not 
shining, gregarious. Stem distinct, rather villous. Pileus funnel-shaped, 
lacerate, fimbriate, scaly, ben.eath smooth . — Helvetia pannosa, Sowerby. 
Tkelephora , Fries. 
Northern Island: on the ground, Colen-so. (Europe, Tasmania.) 
2. S. lobatum, Kunze ; — Berk, in FI. N.Z. ii. 183. Pileus coriaceous, 
rigid, undulated, villous, light red, marked with red-brown smooth zones. 
Hymenium even, smooth, somewhat cinnamon-coloured. 
Northern and Middle Islands: on dead wood, J. I). H., etc. (Tasmania.) 
3. S. cinereo-badium, Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 183. Pileus- 
dimidiate, sessile, robust, coriaceous, tomentose, margined, chesnut-brown ; 
zones smooth, black. Hymenium smooth, glaucous, flesh-coloured. 
Northern Island: on dead wood, Colenso. (S. America.) 
4. S. vellereum. Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 183. Adnate to dead twigs, 
dirty white, border free, broad, lobed, ochreous, zoned above, clothed with 
coarse towy fibres ; edge ciliated. Hymenium ochraceous, smooth. 
Northern and Middle Islands: on twigs, Colenso ; Lyall. 
5. S. hirsutum. Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 183. Pileus coriaceous, 
effused, reflexed, strigose-hirsute, somewhat zoned, turning pallid ; margin 
obtuse, yellow. Hymenium even, smooth, naked, juiceless, bright tawny 
yellow, unchanged when bruised. — Berk. Outlines, 270. t. 17. f. 7- 
Northern and Middle Islands : on dead wood, J. B. If., Lindsay. (Europe.) 
6. S. phseum, Berk. in. FI. N. Z. ii. 183. Pileus zoned, 1-3 in. broad, 
sessile, dimidiate, rather coriaceous, thin, dark bay, clothed with short matted 
hairs. Hymenium zoned, bay, with a ferruginous bloom, setulose. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, J. D. R. — A very beautiful species. 
7. S. rugosum, Fries; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 183. Pileus corky, 
rigid, effuse and shortly reflexed, obtusely margined, velvety, at length 
smooth, bright brown. Hymenium dull, pruinose, blood-stained when 
wounded. — Berk. Outlines, 271. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, Colenso. (Europe.) 
8. S. papyrinum, Mont.; — Berk, in FI. N. Z ii. 183. Pileus very 
thin, between coriaceous and papery, very broad, effuse, reflexed, strigose- 
hirsute, ashy, concentrically furrowed ; margin acute, fulvous. Hymenium 
umber-purple, with a velvety pubescence. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, Colenso. (Cuba.) 
