190 



POLYPOREI. 



Polyporus. ** PUeus very smooth. 



No British species. 



II. Pleuropus. Pileus pliant or corky &c. 



A. Lenti. 'PUeusficshy-flliant, &c. 



* Pileus scaly orfloccose. 



9. P. squamosum Fr. — Pileus 3 \r\.-\% ft. broad, somewhat 

 ochraceous, variegated with broad, adpressed, spot-like, centri- 

 fugal, darker scales, fleshy pliant, fan- 

 shaped, flattened. Stem excentric 

 and lateral, obese, reticulated at the 

 apex, blackish at the base. Pores 

 thin, variable (at first minute), then 

 large angular and torn, pallid. 



Handsome, commonly very large, some- 

 what central and umbilicate when young, at 

 length lateral, very variable in shape. 



On trunks and stumps, chiefly ash. 

 Common. May-Nov. 



When young a mere swollen blackish 

 lump. Spores oval, white, 14 x 6 mk 

 W.G.S. Name — squama, a scale. Scaly 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 532. Syst. Myc. i. p 

 343. Berk. Out. p. 238. C. Hbk. n. 742 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 698. Grev. t. 207 

 Rostk. t. 2. Ventur. t. 37. Hussey i. t. 33 

 — Huds. Bolt. t. 77. Schczff. t. ioi, 102 



Bull. t. 19. Harz. t. 32. Fl. Dan. t. 983, 1196. Paul. t. 16. Sterb. t. 13, 



14. B. pileus fuliginous. 



10. P. Michelii Fr.— Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, yellow- 

 ish-white, fleshy-pliant, depressed, repand, slightly silky, some- 

 what squamulose. Stem 4 cent. {1% in.) long, somewhat lateral, 

 bulbous, rough, white, becoming fuscous at the base. Pores 

 large, somewhat rouud-oblong, entire, white. 



Allied to P. squamosus. 



On stumps. Penzance. 



Name — after Micheli. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 533. Syst. Myc. i. p. 343. 

 B. & Br. n. 1963. Rostk. t. 1. — Mich. t. 61. f. 2. 



11. P. melanopus Fr. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 white then yellowish-fuscous, fleshy-pliant, plane then infundi- 

 buliform, at first delicately flocculosej flesh thick, white, soft, not 



LXIV. Polyporus squamosus. 

 One-seventh natural size. 



