Polyporaceae 



Poiypoms. thick, I in. or more in length, white. Pores minute, equal, round, 

 white then citron-color. 



On the ground. Autumn. 



North Carolina, Curtis; Massachusetts, Frost; Ohio, Morgan; New 

 York, ground in pine woods. Bethlehem. September, Peck, 22d Rep. 



Cordier says it possesses an agreeable odor of almonds and that Fries 

 and his companions ate it raw in their mycological excursions. 



Edible. Peck, Curtis. 



P. leuco'melas (Pers.) Fr. leucos, white; melas, black. Pileus 

 2-4 in. broad, fleshy, somewhat fragile, irregularly-shaped, silky, sooty- 

 black. Flesh soft, reddish when broken. Stem 13 in. in length, 

 stout, unequal, somewhat tomentose, sooty-black, becoming black 

 internally. Pileus and stem becoming black in places. Pores rather 

 large, unequal, ashy or whitish, becoming black in drying. 



Spores pale brown, 10-12x4 S^Massee. 



North Carolina, edible, Curtis; Ohio, a curious esculent. Morgan. 



P. circina'tus Fr. round. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, compact, thick 

 round, plane, zoneless, velvety, reddish-brown. Flesh the same color. 

 It forms duplicate strata of pilei, the inferior contiguous with the stem 

 and corky; the superior compact, soft, floccose. Stem I in. thick 

 and high, bearing a reddish-brown tomentum. Pores decurrent, entire, 

 dusky-gray. 



In fir woods. 



A noble species, memorable for the stratified duplicate pilei. 



Var. prolif ems . Like the typical form but having one or more pilei 

 developed from the upper surface of the first one. Fulton Chain 

 August. Peck, 46th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



New York. On ground in borders of woods. September. Peck, 

 32d, 46th Rep. 



On ground in oak woods, West Philadelphia. Mcllvaine. 



When young the soft pilei are good. 



II. PLEUROPUS. 



P. squamo'silS Fr. squama, a scale. (Plate CXXX, p. 480.) Pi- 

 leus 3 in.-i>2 ft. broad, somewhat ochraceous, variegated with abroad^ 



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