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POLYPORET. 



LXV. Polyporns intybaceus. 

 One-sixth natural size. 



Poiyporus. Stems connate in a very short trunk. Pores firm, obtuse, white 

 inclining to fuscous. 



B. truncigenus flaps elongated, conchate, 

 extended laterally, undulated, paler. Paul, 

 t. 130. Odour of mice. 



On stumps, especially oak. Rare. 

 Sept. 



About same size as P. frondosus and 

 larger. Spores oval, white, 6x3 mk. 

 W.G.S. Edible. Name from its likeness 

 in habit of growth to succory (Cichorium 

 intybus). Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 538. Berk. 

 Out. p. 240. C. Hbk. n. 749. 5. My col. 

 Scot. n. 704. Hussey i. t. 6. Fl. Dan. t. 



X 793- 



21. P. cristatus Fr. Branched, 

 firmly fleshy, fragile. Pileoli about 

 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, rufous-green- 

 ish, entire and dimidiate, imbricated, 

 depressed, somewhat pulverulent-vil- 



lous, then rimosely scaly. Stems connate, irregularly shaped, 

 white. Pores minute, angular and torn, whitish. 



Very changeable in form, sometimes simple with an undulato-lobed, central 

 pileus. B.ftabelliformis Schceff. t. 113. 



In beech woods. Rare. 



Name crista, a crest. Crested. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 539. Syst. Myc. \. p. 

 356. Berk. Out. p. 240. C. Hbk. n. 750. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 705. Krombh. 

 t. 48. f. 15-16. Barla t. 29. f. 4-7. Rostk. t. 16. Pers. Myc. Eur. ii. /. 50. 



B. Lenti. Pileus fleshy-pliant then somewhat coriaceous, &c. 



22. P. giganteus Fr. Tuft 1-2 ft. and more broad, in many 

 imbricated layers, fleshy-pliant then somewhat coriaceous. Pilei 

 date-brown, dimidiate, very broad, flaccid, somewhat zoned, rivu- 

 lose, depressed behind. Stems connato-branchecl from a common 

 tuber. Pores minute, somewhat round, pallid, at length torn. 



The rigid cuticle separates into granules or fibrillose squamules. Pores 

 becoming dark when touched. 



On stumps and old roots under ground. Frequent. Aug.- 

 Sept. 



It occurs 3-4 ft. broad. Name gigas, a giant. Gigantic. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 540. Syst. Myc. \. p. 356. Berk. Out. p. 240. C. Hbk. n. 751. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 706. Hussey i. /. 82. Pers. Schceff. t. 267. Bolt. t. 76. Var. 

 clavceformis : Holmsk. Ot. 2. /. 13. 



