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to me. All specimens known of Stereum cristatum (cfr. in Section 9)
have a somewhat similar growth. Hennings discovered that Stereum
hydrophorum was a "new species" of Hymenochaete (sic). The
discovery is chiefly noteworthy from the fact that it was neither a
"new species" nor a "Hymenochaete."
STEREUM HOLLANDII (Fig. 549). Pileus infundibuliform
with a very short stem. Inner surface uniform, brown, pubescent
with narrow, raised, concentric zones. Hymenium smooth, yellowish
brown. Cystidia, none.
Fig 549
Stereum Hollandii.
This is known from a single specimen (and figure) at Kew, found
in the cyathiforme cover and collected in Old Calabar, Africa, by
J. H. Holland. It approximates to some extent Stereum hydrophorum
of the American tropics, but the hymenium is glabrous and the
hyphse tissues are pale.
Stereum cristatum will be found in Section 9 as the type specimens are petaloid. Some of the
cotype specimens at the British Museum are eccentric, with a tendency toward infundibuliform. I
presume the plant when perfectly formed is infundibuliform and belongs in this section. But one
collection known (Ravenel) from Southern United States.
Stereum obliquum. Most of Zollinger's collections. No. 983, are petaloid, as shown in our figure
in Section 9. A few I have seen (at British Museum) like cristatum show a tendency toward infundibuliform
and might be sought in this section. I believe Stereum obliquum to be same species as Stereum
affine, but a more slender form. Stereum affine also rarely takes infundibuliform shape.
SYNONYMS.
Hymenochaete (sic) crateriformis, Brazil, Hennings = Stereum hydrophorum.
Stereum cyathiforme. South America, Fries. This is more a tradition than anything else. I do
not suppose any type exists, and Plunder's old crude figure which Fries cites does not represent any-
.hmg that grows nowadays. The probabilities are that cyathiforme was hydrophorum or caperatum,
though the crude figure Fries cites has no resemblance to either. Berkeley referred three collections to
Stereum cyathiforme, all of which are caperatum with short stipe and subeven hymenium (viz.:
Stereum hylocrater).
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