228 POLYPOREI. 



Merulius. On decayed trees, birch, &c. Rare. Sept. -Feb. 



Sometimes the edge is beautifully tinged with pink. M.J.B. Spores 

 cylindrical, curved, hyaline, 4x1 mk. K. Name tremo, to tremble. From 

 the substance approaching Tremella. Schrad. Fr. Hym. ur. p. 591. 

 Berk. Out. p. 255. C. Hbk. n. 829. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 783. Fl. Dan. t. 

 I 553- 776- f- i. Hussey i. t. 10. KL Dor. t. 460. 



2. M. aurantiacus Klotsch. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, 

 between yellow and dirty white, here and there cinereous, tough, 

 fleshy-coriaceous, effuso-reflexed, tomentose, zoned. Folds minute, 

 somewhat poriform, dull orange. 



Zones obsolete, hirsuto-tomentose. 



On dead beech. Rare. May. 



Allied to M. lachrymans. M.J.B. Name aurum, gold. Orange-yellow. 

 KL in Berk. Eng. 'Fl. v. p. 128. Berk. Out. p. 256. C. Hbk. n. 832. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 784. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 591. 



3. M. corium Fr. White, resupinato-effused, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 

 in.) and more long, and often equally broad, soft, somewhat of 

 the cojisistence of paper, reflexed at the circumference which is at 

 length free, villous beneath; hymenium reticulato-porous, flesh- 

 colour or pale tan. 



Remarkable, variable in form and colour, sometimes short and reflexed, 

 sometimes broadly expanded. 



On dead wood. Common. March-Dec. 



Spores oval, vivid orange, 4x5 mk. W.G.S. Name corium, skin, leather. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 591. Elench. p. 58. Berk. Out. p. 255. C. Hbk. ?i. 830. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 785. Grev. t. 147. Bull. t. 402. Sow. t. 349. 



** Resupinato-effused,flaxy-niembranaceous, &>c. 



4. M. laeticolor B. & Br. - - Bright-orange, wholly effused, 

 adnate ; margin tomentose, white ; hymenium even then plicato- 

 rugose ; folds distant. 



On sawdust and leaves. King's Lynn. 



Name lest us, bright ; color, colour. B. fir" Br. n. 1681. 



5. M. himantioid.es Fr. Lilac, effused, silky, very soft, fibrous- 

 silky beneath, circumference flaxy. Folds porous then gyrose, 

 dingy yellow then somewhat olivaceous. 



Like M. lachrymans, but thinner and not pulverulent. 



On fir wood and on club-mosses. Rare. Sept. 



Name ijuas, a strap or thong ; etSo?, appearance. From the thong-like 



