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PLcelLaph. ll.HYMENOTHECE^. 288.Stereum. 65.3.
3. Stereum ferrugineum. Ferruginous stereum.
Thallus spreading, turned back, rust-colour; cap thin,
slightly woolly, smoothish ; beneath hairy.
Tlielephora varieg;ata, Schrad. Germ. 185.
Auricularia tabacina, Sowerby Fungi, 25.
Tlielephora ferruginea, Fersuon Syti. 369.
On fallen sticks, in woods.
4. Stereum hirsutiim. Shaggy stereum.
TlialU in tufts, leatherlike, yellowish, shaggy; underneath
bald.
Auricularia reflexa, Sowerby Fungi, 27.
Thelephora hirsuta, Persoon Syn. 570.
On trees and palings.
5. Stereum mesenteriaim. Caivl stereum.
Thallus large, leathery, gelatinous ; cap horizontal, rather
thin, with impressed zones, woolly, greyish-brown ; beneath
turning purple, with scattered, longitudinal folds.
Helvella mesenlerica, Dickson Crypt. 1,20.
Tlielephora mesenterica, Persoon Syn. 571.
On trees.
XLVII. 289. CORTICIUM. Persoon. Bark^ear.
Thallus spread, attached by its back, nipply.
Cortichim quercirium. Oak bark-ear.
Thallus 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.
Thallus branched, leatherlike, compressed, smooth; tip
mostly hairy.
1. Merisma cristatum. Crested branch-ear.
Thallus rather lying down, encrusting, pale; branches
jagged, thickened, wrinkly.
Clavaria laciniata, Sowerby Fungi, 158.
Merisma cristatum, Persoon Syn. 583.
In woods, on the ground.