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olive, sparkling with oxalate of lime crystals when fresh; marg.
fimbriate, whitish. Spores pale dull ochre.
Trunks and wood, pine ; uncommon. Oct.-Nov. 5® in.
1884. C. pulverulenta Sacc. (from the pulverulent hymenium) a.
Effused, dry, cracking. Hym. brown, ferruginous- or yellowishbrown,
clouded and mottled darker; marg. membranous, white
or pale yellowish-brown. Spores pale dull yellow.
Wood. 7 in. Has been considered a form of 1680, var. pnlverulentus.
1885. C. puteana Karst, (from its often growing in cellars, humid
greenhouses, e tc .; puteanum, a well) a c.
Broadly effused, fleshy, fragile, somewhat thick, compact, almost
waxy, usually with open spaces exposing the matrix, sometimes
cracked and showing the fibrillose substratum. Hym. subundulate,
pallid, yellowish or buff to olivaceous-brown or
brown-sienna; marg. mucedinous, white, sometimes indefinite.
Spores taivny olive.
Bark and wood, cypress, dead wood, rotten trunks, running over dead ieaves,
damp walis in ceiiars, greenhouses, etc. ; frequent. Oct.-Nov. 5} in. ’
1886. C. einnamomea Mass. (from the cinnamon colour) abc.
Effused, confluent, irregular, fleshy, soft, somewhat thick, cracking
and exhibiting the fibrilloso-strigose Sub. Hym. pale
cinnamon to dark rich sienna-umber or chocolate, spotted or
mottled darker. Spores pale dull yellow or very pale cinnamon.
Wood, bark, plum, hazel, hornbeam, birch, oak; rare. Nov. 4 in.
1887. C. umbrina Karst, (from the brown colour, umber) abc.
Effused, confluent, fleshy-soft, somewhat thick. Sub. villous.
Hym. tuberculose then collapsing, varying pale to dark brown
or sooty- or yellowish-umber, often slightly olive; marg. shortly
fimbriate. Spores pale, dull brown.
Dead wood, branches, sticks, etc. Sometimes on the ground. Feb. 6 in.
Not easily separating from the matrix. Surface sometimes rugoso-
papillose all over.
1888. C. inerustans Mass. (from the incrusting habit) a b.
Effused, thin, indeterminate, almost waxy when perfectly
developed. Hym. waxy-pulverulent, pallid to pale yellowish.
Spores pale yellow.
Enveloping leaves, twigs, etc., with a film. 6 in. Thinner and less nodulose
than 1898.
1889. C. arida Karst, (from its dry substance; aridus, dry) abc.
Effused, membranous, adnato-agglutinate, continuous, cracking.
Hym. even to slightly tuberculose, sulphur-yellow, becoming
ferruginous-umber, clouded ; marg. broadly radiato-byssoid,
sometimes pulverulent, sulphur-white, sometimes zoned ochre
and sulphur near marg. Spores pale dull yellow.
Logs, woods, cellars, pine, fir, juniper; common. Oct.-Feb. 7 in.
1890. C. sulphurea Mass. (from the sulphur colour) abc.
Effused, fibrilloso-flaxy, somewhat thick, when perfect thick and
waxy-soft, cracking, often imperfect and spongy, passing into
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radiate, cord-like, branching sulphur-coloured strands. Hym.
minutely papilloso-rugose or granulose, bright sulphur-yellow,
or clouded and mottled sulphur and orange on an ivory ground,
fading to yellow-umber, sometimes rich sienna-orange with a
pale somewhat byssoid sulphur marg. Spores olive.
Dead wood, bark, twigs, leaves, stipules, etc., pine, oak, beech, sometimes
on earth. Oct.-Jan. 5® in. Var. ochroidea Mass. Hym. ochreous
with a cream or sulphur margin. Spores larger than type, probably
specifically distinct.
1891. C. suhdealbata Mass. (from the whitish colour ; sub, somewhat,
dealbatus, whitened) a b .
Broadly effused, thin, determinate, cracking. Hym. shming-
white, thickly powdered, pallid fawn, or pale ochreous-whitish,
mottled brownish-ochre or shaded olive, often with paler
barren patches. Spores ochreous or pale dull yellow.
Bark, pine. Dec. 4i in.
1892. C. stahularis Karst, (from its being first recorded from an
ox-stall; stabulum, a stall) a c.
Effused, flaxy when young, fleshy-soft. Hym. tubercular, tubercles
collapsing, white, whitish-yellow, pale yellowish-brown or
vinous-fuscous, white-pruinose; marg. definite flaxy or pulverulent,
white.
Odour fetid from its habitat. Squared wood, fir. 4® in.
1893. C. Berkeley! Mass. (after the Rev. M. J. Berkeley) abc.
Effused, thick, cracked; marg. determinate, sometimes minutely
byssoid. Hym. vinous-brown, somewhat yellowish, somewhat
paler at the pallid marg. Spores tawny.
Bark, decorticated wood. 4 in. Superficially resembles 1850.
1894. C. Cookei Mass. (after Dr. M. C. Cooke) a.
Effused, fibrilloso-membranous. Hym. ferruginous-olive or yellowish
brown, clouded darker; marg. byssoid, pallid. Spores pale
dull yellow.
Rotting wood. 4® in.
1895. C. oehraeea Mass. (from the ochreous colour) a b.
Broadly effused, submembranous, indeterminate, cracking.
Hym. with a woolly appearance, subpapillose, sulphur-white to
ochre, salmon-white when dry, or pale vinous-brown with a
yellowish tinge; marg. broad, pulverulent, pale yellowish.
Spores yellowish or pale dull yellow.
Wood, bark, elm. July. 5 in. Resembles a thin form of 1890. Must
not be confounded with 1874 or the var. ochroidea of 1890.
1896. C. membranaeea DC. (from the somewhat membranous
substance) a. , cc
Somewhat orbicular or effused, fragile, cracking and peeling off
the host. Hym. dull ferruginous or opaque-yellowish, sienna-
umber ; mid. somewhat dark, constantly paler at the fibrillose
marg. Spores ochre.
Forming patches a foot or more in diam. on walls, wood, paper, etc. p i in.
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