THELEPHORA sanguinolenta.
Silky Thelephora.
C l a s s a n d O k d e b CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, £ m n ._ N A T . O k d . FUNGI, Link.
G EN ERIC c h a r a c t e r .
Hymenium cum pileo homogeneum et concretum, papillosum vel planum, setosiim
vel glabrum, undique fructificatione obsitum.— Pikus persistens, coriaceus,
plerumque adnatus vel resupinatus.
Hymenium of the same substance, and not distinct from the pileus, papillose
or plane, minutely bristly or smooth, everywhere covered with the
fructification.—Pileus persistent or coriaceous, mostly adnate or resiipi-
nate.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
T h e l e p h o r a sanguinolenta; dimidiata effusaque, ad tactum cruentata, tenuis,
sericea, pallida, subtus glabra griseo-fusca.
T. dimidiate and effused, changing to a blood-colour when injured, thin,
silky, pale, glabrous, and brownish-grey beneath.
T h e l e p h o r a sanguinolenta, Alb. et Schwein. p. 274.—Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. 1.
p. 440.— Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 1013.—Grer. FI. Fdin. p. 409-
T h e l e p h o r a sericea, var. p sanguinolenta, Pers. Mycol. 1. p. 117-
H a b . On the dead trunks of Fir-trees, not rare. Appin, Captain C a r m i c
h a e l . About Edinburgh, frequent, Autumn to spring.
Plants 1-2 inches broad or more, thin, confluent, margins either becoming
united, or imbricated, mostly quite adnate, rarely dimidiate, closely
following the inequalities of th e bark. Hymenium silky, somewhat
glossy, covered with very minute adpressed hairs, indistinctly zoned
with circular ridges, very pale, and slightly tinged with an ochry, brownish,
or faint purplish hue, when scratched or wounded changing to a
blood-red colour. The margin is paler, and finely byssoid, especially
in young plants. Inferior or dorsal surface glabrous, pale, or brownish-
grey ; when dimidiate somewhat zoned. Sporidia globose, minute.
There is some uncertainty regarding this species, which I
am not myself able to remove. I t was originally established
hy A l b e r t i n i and S c h w e i n i t z , and adopted by F r i e s in
his excellent System. P e r s o o n , however, in his Mycologia,
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