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Name ^ it rum, gold. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 587. B. 6= Br. n. 1892. <?//. t. Daedalea. 

 35- / F. 



3. D. confragosa Pers. Pileus unicolorous, brick-red-fuscous, 



internally wood -colour, becoming ferruginous, corky, slightly 

 convex, rough, somewhat zoned ; sinuses porous then narrowly 

 labyrinthine and torn, cinereous-pruinose then rufous-fuscous. 



On willow, service, &c. Rare. 



Xnme confragus, rough, rugged. Pers. Syn. p. 501. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 587. Berk. Out. p. 254. C. Hbk. n. 826. Bolt. t. 160. Bull. 't. 491. /. i. 

 Sow. t. 193. 



4. D. cinerea Fr. Pileus 4-7.5 cent. (iK~3 i"-) broad, cinere- 

 ous, corky-woody, thick, somewhat undulated, zoned, tomentose. 

 Pores minute, obtuse, quite entire, some round, some very long, 

 labyrinthiform, flexuous, intricate, white or cinereous. 



Perennial, stratose, allied however to D. unicQlor. 

 On trunks. Penzance. 



The thick substance separates this from every form of D. uni color, also the 

 inciso-strigose surface of the pileus. B. & Br. Name cinereus, ash-colour. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 588. Syst. Myc. i. /. 336. Icon. t. 182. /. 2. B. & Br. 

 n. 1968. 



** Coriaceous, dimidiate, sessile. 



5. D. unicolor Fr. Pileus cinereous, with zones of the same 

 colour, coriaceous, villoso-strigose; sinuses labyrinthiform, flexu- 

 ous, intricate, acute, at length torn into teeth. 



Commonly imbricated, fuliginous when damp, whitish-grey when dry. 

 Hymenium whitish-cinereous, sometimes fuscous. There are two forms : 

 one thicker, margin whitish, dissepiments firmer, distant, forming more 

 entire sinuses ; the other thinner, broader, the sinuses narrower, more torn. 

 Bull. t. 501. /. 3. represents a remarkable variety (?) rufescent with very 

 minute sinuses. 



On stumps, especially birch. Common. July-Oct. 



Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad. Often green from minute Algcs. M.J.B. 



Name unus, one; color, colour. Unicolorous. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 588. 



Berk. Out. p. 254. C. Hbk. n. 827. S. My col. Scot. n. 780. Bull. t. 501. /. 

 3. Bolt. t. 163. Sou', t. 325. 



*** Resupinate. 



6. D. latissima Fr. Pale wood -colour, effused, 5 in. -2 ft. 

 broad, corky-woody, thick, undulated, zoned within; sinuses 

 narrow, distant, somewhat round and very long, flexuous. 



The structure is very peculiar, radiating from the base to the surface, with 

 parallel filaments. 



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