FUNGORUM

766 Tremellineæ, Hirneola,
der. et ad truncos in insula Tahiti maris Pacifici (G. BRUNAUD).
- Ad Hirneolam Auriculam-Juœ nostratem valde accedit.. Cupula
auri humanæ similis, 5 cm. lata, unicolor, fusca, extus canescens.
Pagina inferior nudo oculo glabriuscula, sed ad vitra optime
augentia pilis pellucidis obsita; superior minutissime papillosa.
5. Hirneola protracta Lév. Champ. exot. p. 218 (Exidia), Berk. in 8310
Hook. Journ. 1886, p. 277. - Cæspitosa; pileo membranaceo, expanso,
concavo, velutino, rufescente, in stipitem brevem sublateralem
attenuato; hymenio plicato, pallide rufo.
Hab. in America boreali Virginia ad ligna emortua Panurè
Brasiliæ (SPRUCE).
6. Hirneola polytricha Mont. in Bel. Voy. Ind. Or., Crypt. pag. 154, 8311
sub Exidia,Fr. F. Nat. p. 26, Exicidia purpurascens Jungh. Java,
p. 25, f. 13, Auricularia polytricha (Mont.) Sacc. Misc. I, p. 12.
- Cupula hemisphærica, expansa, auriculaæformi, extus viIloso-tomentosa
grisea, in stipitem brevissimum obliquum producta; disco
levi spadiceo-purpureo.
Hab. ad ligna in India orient. (BÉLANGER), in Java (JUNGHUHN),
in Ceylon, in Mexico, in ins. Cuba Amer. centr. (C. WRIGHT), in
Brasilia, pr. Concepcion del Uruguay, Waima Novæ Zelandiæ, Ma-
ungaroa, Waitaki, Coromandel, Westland, Ohaeawai, Hokianga,
Wellington (TRA VERS), in Howe's et Chat's isl., ins. Tahiti. - Pili
dorsuales fasciculati, prælongi, 300 9, continui hyalini; sporæ
reniformes, 14 6; hymenium leve. Ad truncos. In affini H. Au-
ricula-Judœ nostrate pili 100-150 8; sporæ reniformes 20-22
8; hymenium plicato-inæquale. Fungus frequenter comesus.
7. Hirneola Auricula-ludæ (L.) Berk. Outl. p. 289, Hussey I, t. 53, Fr. 8312
Hym. Eur. p. 695, Trem. Auricula-Judœ Linn. Sp. 1625, Pers.
Syn. p. 624, Peziza Bolt. t. 107, Auricularia sarabucina Mart.
ErI. p. 459, Bref. Unters. VII, t. IV, f. 3-9, Exidia Auricula-Judœ
Fr. Syst. II, p. 221 (ubi synon, copiosa), Mich. Gen. t. 66, f. 1;
B. lœvior Berk. 1. c. t. 18, f. 7; C. rubescenti-fusca Bull. t. 427,
f. 2, Engl. Bot. t. 2447. - Concava, flexuosa, tenuis, demum nigra,
utrinque venoso-plicata, subtus tomentosa; sporis reniformibus
20-25 7-9 (Bref.), 11-15 5-7 (Sehroet.)
Hab. in truncis Sambuci, raro aliis; B. in Ulmo in Europa,
Sina bòreadi (BRETSCHNEIDER). ad ligna emortua et francos semiputridos
in Ohio Amer. fœder. (LEA), Texas (C. WRIGHT), Mexico,
Cuba (C. WRIGHT), Panurè Brasiliæ (SPRUCE), Rio Jurna (TRALL),
pr. fluvium Amazonuin, in Tasmania, ins. Borneo, Port. Famine.