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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of resupinate hymenomycetous fungi of the family Thelephoraceæ, which have the hymenium furnished with cystidia. About 50 species are known. They are widely distributed and occur chiefly on dead trunks and branches. P. quercina is a common species in Europe and America.
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