POLYPORUS. 193 



B. Suberosi-lignosi. Pileus thick, hard, zoneless, c. Polyporus. 



17. P. lucidus Fr. Pileus light yellow then blood-red-chest- 

 nut, corky then woody, fan-shaped, sulcato-rugose. Stem lateral, 

 equal, varnished, shining, of the same colour as the pileus. Pores 

 determinate, long, minute, white then cinnamon. 



On and about stumps. Frequent. Summer. 



Pileus 5-15 cent. (2-6 in.) broad. Stem 15-25 cent. (6-10 in.) long, 2.5 

 cent, (i in.) or more thick. M.J.B. Name lucidus, bright, shining. From 

 the stem. Fr. Hym. Ezir. p. 537. Berk. Out. p. 240. /. i6./2. C. Hbk. 

 n. 748. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 703. Krombh.t. 4. f. 22-24. Rostk. t. 13. Grev. 

 t. 245. Ventur. t. 49. Leys. Sow. t. 134. Fl. Dan. t. 1253. Schceff. t. 263. 

 Batschf. 225. Bull. t. 7, 459. 



III. MERISMA. Very many pileoli, c. 



A. Carnosi. \\zus fleshy, firm, &c. 



18. P. umbellatus Fr. Very much branched, fibrous-fleshy, 

 toughish. Pileoli very numerous, 1-4 cent. (K~iX in.) broad, 

 fuliginous, rufous or pallid light yellow, entire, umbilicate. 

 Stems elongated, separate, united at the base, white. Pores 

 minute, white. 



The pileoli have occurred white. 



On stump. Epping. July. 



Cluster about 17.5x12.5 cent. (7x5 in.) M.C.C. Name umbella, a sun- 

 shade, parasol. From its spreading habit. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 537. Syst. 

 Myc. i. p. 354. Grevillea, vol. xii. p. 36. Krombh. t. 52. f. 3-9. Lenz f. 44. 

 Tratten. t. T. Quel. t. 18. /. i. Sch&ff. t. iii. 265, 266. Jacqu. Austr. t. 

 172. Fl. Dan. t. 1197. 



19. P. frondosus Fr. Tuft 15-30 cent. (}4-i ft.) broad, very 

 much branched, fibrous-fleshy, toughish. Pileoli very numer- 

 ous, 1-5 cent. (K- 2 i0f fuliginous-grey, dimidiate, rugose, lobed, 

 intricately recurved ; flesh white. Stems growing into each 

 other, white. Pores rather tender, very small, acute, white. 



Pores commonly round, but in an oblique position gaping open and torn. 

 On stumps and roots. Rare. Oct. 



Name /nw, a leafy branch. Branched. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 538. Syst. 

 Myc. \. p. 355. Sv. at I. Sv. t. 44. B. & Br. n. 1364. Krombh. t. 48. / 

 17-20. Rostk. t. 18. Fl. Dan. t. 952. Paul. t. 29. Sterb. t. 28. 



20. P. intybaceus Fr. Very much branched, fleshy, somewhat 

 fragile. Pileoli very numerous, pale yellowish inclining to fus- 

 cous, dimidiate, stretched out, sinuate, at length spathulate. 



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