Polyporacese 



MERU'LIUS Hall. 

 (Plate CXXVI, fig. 3, p. 478.) 



Meruiins. Hymenophore resting on a loose mold-like mycelium, covered with 

 the soft, waxy, continuous hymenium, having its surface variously 

 plicate or wrinkled, the folds forming irregular pores, sometimes obso- 

 letely toothed. 



Generally on wood. 



I have tasted, raw, every species I have found. They are all more 

 or less woody in flavor, and I believe them to be edible. At the best 

 Merulius would be an emergency genus. M. tremellosus is substantial, 

 as is M. rubellus Pk. 



M. tremello'sus Schrad. tremellosus, trembling. Resupinate; mar- 

 gin becoming free and more or less reflexed, usually radiately-toothed, 

 gelatinoso-cartilaginous ; hymenium variously wrinkled and porous ; whit- 

 ish and subtranslucent looking, becoming tinged brown in the center. 

 Spores cylindrical, curved, about 4x1 p.. 



On wood. From 1-3 in. across, remaining pale when growing in 

 dark places. Margin sometimes tinged rose, radiating when well de- 

 veloped. Massee. 



Spores cylindrical, curved, hyaline, 4x1/1 K. 



New York. Old logs, stumps, Catskill mountains. Peck, 22d Rep. 

 N. Y. State Dot. 



Mt. Gretna, Pa. Common, both rose-colored and translucent brown 

 species, numerous on decaying wood. October to November, 1898- 

 1899. Mcllvaine. 



M. tremellosus is a common species and rather attractive looking. 

 In substance it approaches Tremella and Peziza. The spore-bearing sur- 

 face is superior (turned upward) and then sometimes turned in at the 

 margin which frequently is bright rose color, sometimes yellowish-rose. 

 It is rather tasteless slightly woody in flavor, rather tough. An emer- 

 gency species. 



M. rubel'lus Pk. rubellus, dim. of ruber, reddish. Generally cespi- 

 tose, imbricated, sessile, dimidiate, soft, tenacious, tomentose, evenly 

 red, pale when dry; margin mostly undulately inflexed ; hymenium 



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