214 POLYPOREI. 



Polyporus. ***** Pores yellowish. 



94. P. nitidus Fr. Yellow, effused, thin, somewhat adnate, 

 defined, villoso-marginate at the circumference. Pores minute, 

 curt, round, equal, shining. 



Remarkable for its bright, almost golden colour, and somewhat regular 

 form. 



On dead wood. Rare. March. 



Name nitidus, shining. From the pores. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 574. Berk. 

 Out. p. 250. C. Hbk. ?i. 799. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 754. A. & S. p. 258. 



95. P. Laestadii Fr. & Berk. Substance white, hymenium 

 here and there tubercular. Pores bright lemon-yellow. 



Colour bright persistent yellow, very beautiful. Forming confluent patches, 

 many inches in length. 



On the under side of a deal board in hothouse. Coed Coch. 

 Name after C. P. Laestadius. B. & Br. n. 2025. 



96. P. bombycinus Fr. Dingy-yellowish, effused, silky- 

 viembranaceous, adhering laxly, spider-web-velvety at the circum- 

 ference. Pores large, angular. 



Very distinct and singular. Pores in their first stage forming only small 

 pits, which are sunk in the mycelium, then developed, wholly formed from 

 the tomentum, somewhat round, at length firmer, angular and here and there 

 flexuous. 



On dead wood. Rare. 



Name bombyx, silk. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 575. Berk. Oitt. p. 250. C. 

 Hbk. n. 801. Sow. t. 387. f. 5. 



97. P. aneirinus Sommerf. White, effused, thin, somewhat 

 innate, flaxy at the circumference. Pores large, cell-like, waxy, 

 angular, smooth, tawny. 



The growth is at first wholly flaxy ; the formation of pores is the same as 

 in P. bombycimis, but they are at length waxy and often exactly hexagonal. 



On dead branches. Rare. Oct. 



Name av, eipiVeos, woolly. Not woolly. From the pores becoming waxy 

 as contrasted with those of P. bombycinus, which are persistently downy. 

 Sommerf. Lapp. p. 276. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 575. Berk. Out. p. 252. C. Hbk. 

 n. 816. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 755. 



98. P. ramentaceus B. & Br. Somewhat orbicular ; subicu- 

 lum white, tomentose, margin obsolete. Pores honey-colour, 

 large, -aV in. across, somewhat hexagonal, dissepiments thin, 

 slightly rigid, acute. 



