Fames POLYPORACE^E 351 



somewhat short, white-salmon, marg. barren. Po. biscuit or 

 with a sulphur shade. Flesh thick, close, velvety-fibrous, white. 



Single to imbricate. Stumps, dressed wood ; rare. P. 6| in. diam. 

 Bresadola considers this and 1590 to be the same. 



1589. F. connatus Cooke (from its connate habit) a b c. 



P. somewhat thick, villous, whitish-buff, brown shaded. T. some- 

 what short, colour as P. ; marg. barren. Po. minute, white to 

 cream. Flesh corky-woody, pale buff to full buff. 



Eft'uso-reflexed, connato-imbricate. Trunks, lime, apple, elm, maple ;. 

 frequent. Oct. -Jan. P. 6 in. diam. See 1631. 



b. Lignosee. 



1590. F. fraxineus Cooke (from its habitat, ash,fraxinus) a b c. 



P. thick, flat, concentrically sulcato-plicate, zoneless, white or 

 ivory to rich brown ; marg. whitish. T. decurrent, moderate 

 in length, white, cinnamon- or pale vinous-white. Flesh whitish- 

 cinnamon. 



Solitary to connate. Perennial. Odour strong, penetrating. Frequent. 

 Jan. -Dec. P. 5^ in. diam. Bresadola considers this and 1588 to be the 

 same. 



1591. F. variegatus Cooke (from the variegated pileus, orange and 



bay-brown) a b. 



P. thin, somewhat plane, even, smooth, shining tawny-orange, 

 darker or bay-brown behind. T. decurrent, moderate in 

 length, colour as P. Po. minute, unequal, torn, pale yellowish- 

 white, shaded biscuit : marg. barren. Flesh pale buff. 



Subimbricate. Trunks ; rare. P. 4^ in. diam. Bresadola says this is 

 unknown, and probably a form of Polyporus tmgulatus Schix-ff. 



1592. F. earneus Cooke (from its flesh-colour ; caro, flesh) a c. 



P. somewhat thick, convex, rugose, smooth, salmon-buff to 

 reddish-salmon, varying deep rich brown behind, pale at marg. 

 T. shallow to moderate, full opaque-salmon. Flesh pale bright 

 salmon or red-salmon, varying rose-brown ; marg. barren. 



Connato-imbricate. Perennial. Trunks, stumps, juniper, Picca. Nov. 

 P. 2 in. diam. A form of 1586 according to Bresadola. Said to be 

 the cause of " red-rot " in Red Cedar, Jmiipcrus virginiana. 



1592a. F. castaneus Cooke (from the colour ; castaneus, chestnut) a. 

 P. coriaceo-woody, flattened, smooth, glabrous, zoneless, chestnut- 

 colour. Po. small, yellowish. Flesh white. 

 Imbricato-connate. Black poplar. i x if in. in. projection. 



1593. F. annosus Cooke (from its growing in yearly strata ; annus,. 



a year) a b c. 



P. convex, rugged, radiato-sulcate, sulcato-zoned, at first silky, 

 then crusty, cinnamon-ochre when young, then deep rich 

 vinous- or sienna-brown ; marg. almost white. T. moderate in 



