Phlebia HYDNACE/E 391 



1766. P. radiata Fr. (from the radiate veins) a b c. 



Orbicular, vermilion-orange or vermilion ; mid. darker ; marg. 



vivid orange-whitish. Ve. straight. 

 Dead wood, birch, mountain ash ; rare. 2j in. ; group 5^ in. When in 



perfect condition forming somewhat large, conjoined, more or less hexagonal 



growths as in the carapace of a tortoise. Thinner and brighter in colour 



than the other British species. 



1767. P. eontorta Fr. (from the intricate veins ; contorqueo, to 



twist) a b c. 



Yellowish, sienna or brownish or dull red flesh-colour or red- 

 vermilion. Ve. conglomerate, branched, flexuous, much 

 smaller than 1765-6, or as in Dadalca on a reduced scale. 



Decayed wood, furze ; rare. \ in. ; mass 2f in. Forming more or less 

 conjoined circular patches. 



1768. P. vaga Fr. (from the wandering appearance of the veins ; 



vagus, wandering) a b c. 



Adnate, waxy, dull yellowish, central parts sometimes purplish or 

 grey ; marg. flaxy-fibrillose and powdery. Ve. forming intricate 

 wrinkles which often terminate in a granulose papilla. 



Dead wood ; common. Jan. 6| in. 



1769. P. lirellosa B. & Br. (from the veins, like small furrows ; lira, 



a ridge or furrow) a b. 



Hym. veined, interstices resembling small, round or elongate 

 pores, umber-grey to white. 



Dead branches, poplar. 3f in. Purple-blackish in drying. The interstices 

 resemble the pores of Tranietes. Sometimes confused with Dccdaka. 



LXXVI. GRANDINIA Fr. 



(From the granular appearance of the hymenium ; grando, hail.) 



Crustaceous, effused, thin, soft. Hymenmm resupinate, amphi- 

 genous, waxy, not dry as in Odontia. Granules small, persistent, 



Fig. 91. A, Grandinia crnstosa Fr., natural size ; 

 B. section of ditto. .X 10, 



