Lycogala flavofuscum

Lycogala flavofuscum* (Ehrenb.) Rost; Puckel, Jahrb. Nass
Ver. Nat. 27-28: 68. 1873.
Diphtherium flavofuscum Ehrenb. Sylvae Myc. Berol. 27. 1818. Reticularia flavofusca Fries, Syst. Myc. 3: 88. 1829. Lycogala repletum Morgan, Jour. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist. 18: 40. 1895. Verrucosia corticola Teng, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China 7: 124. 1932. Lycogola corticolum Teng, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China 8: 143. 1932.
Aethalia solitary or in small clusters of 2-5, often only partially separated, sessile and. pulvinate or rounded or, when developing on an inferior surface, pyriform and short-stalked, mostly 2-4 cm. in their largest dimension, occasionally much larger, silvery gray or ochraceous to purplish-brown; surface smooth, somewhat glossy, or minutely areolate; cortex thick, brittle; stalk when present membranous, lacunose, colorless, strand-like; pseudocapillitium of nearly colorless, branching and anastomosing tubes, wrinkled and papillose or nearly smooth, 25-60 /* in diameter in the main branches, 10-25 /j. in the smaller branches, the axils expanded, the ends free, rounded; spores buff in mass, colorless by transmitted light, globose, faintly reticulate, 6—7 p in diameter; Plasmodium pale pink, becoming buff, then pallid.
Type locality: Germany.
Habitat: Dead wood or living trees, often at some distance above ground.
Distribution: Throughout North America; South America; Europe; South Africa; China.