POLYPORUS. 



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LXVI. Polypoms versicolor. 

 One-half natural size. 



On dead wood. Exceedingly common. April-Dec. Polyporus. 



More or less imbricated. Pileus 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) broad. Name versicolor, 

 changeable in colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 568. Berk. Out. p. 248. C. Hbk n. 794. 

 S. MycoL Scot. n. 746. Hussey i. /. 24. 

 Linn. Bull. t. 86. Bolt. t. 81. Sow. t. 229. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1554. Schceff. t. 263. Sterb. t. 

 27. K. Batt. t. 35. A. 



83. P. abietinus Fr. Pileus cin- 

 ereous-white, coriaceous, thin, effuso- 

 reflexed, villous, obsoletely zoned. 

 Pores unequal, torn, violaceous be- 

 coming pale. 



There is no species more easily distin- 

 guished, though it is sometimes wholly re- 

 supinate, sometimes reflexed, \ionlyonce it 

 has been rightly identified when in full vig- 

 our, and if distinct species are not sought 

 for in old (washed out) and dry specimens. 



On fir. Common. July-Nov. 



Fries says it is " the mother of vast confusion." Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) 

 broad. Often stained with minute green Alg<z. M.J.B. Name abies, fir. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 569. Berk. Out. p. 249. C. Hbk. n. 795. S. MycoL Scot, 

 n. 747. Grev. t. 226. Fl. Dan. t. 2079. / 2 - Dicks. Crypt. 3. t. 9. /. 9. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1298. 



84. P. Wynne! B. & Br. Confluent, variable in form. Pileus 

 tan-colour, adnate behind, effuso-reflexed, marked with silky 

 raised lines. Pores small, angular, white. 



Incrusting various substances, with the margin more or less broadly re- 

 flected. Pores s^ in. across, acquiring a slight tint like that of the pileus in 

 drying. Somewhat of the habit of P. amorphus, but not so fleshy in texture. 



Running over twigs, grass, &c. Coed Coch, &c. 



Name after Mrs Lloyd Wynne. B. & Br. n. 807. Berk. Out. p. 249. 

 C. Hbk. n. 796. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 569. 



V. RESUPINATI. Pileus none, c. 



* Pores fuscous or blackish. 

 No British species. 



** Pores ferruginous or cinnamon. 



85. P. umbrinus Fr. Rufous-timber, resupinate, determinate, 

 undulato-tubercular, defined by a smooth, paler margin. Pores 



