196 POLYPOREI. 



Polyporus. Often clavate when young. Commonly wrapping round stipules and 



grasses. 



On roots, &c. Rare. 



Name — alligo, to bind to. From its habit of growth. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 543. Berk. Out. p. 241. C. Hbk. 11. 753. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 709. — Sow. t. 

 422. 



D. Suberosi. Pileus corky or coriaceous, &c. 



27. P. heteroclitus Fr. — In many casspitose layers, coriaceous. 

 Pilei 6 cent. {2% in.) broad, ora?tge, sessile, expanded on all sides 

 from a radical tubercle, lobed, villous, zoneless. Pores irregu- 

 larly shaped and elongated, golden-yellow. 



On the ground under oak. Rare. 



The flat pilei extend horizontally from the tubercle. Name — eVepos, one of 

 two ; K\iuui, to lean. Irregular, excentric. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 544. Syst. 

 Myc. \. p. 344. Berk. Out. p. 241. C. Hbk. n. 754. — Bolt. t. 164. 



28. P. salignus Fr. — Csespitose, coriaceous-soft, elastic. Pilei 

 whitish, dimidiate, imbricated, dilated -reniform, adpressedly 

 villous, depresso-sulcate round the margin which is somewhat 

 lobed and swollen. Pores thin, crowded, elongated, intricately 

 flexuous, white. 



The tufts are commonly small, inodorous. 



On willows. Uncommon. 



Name— salix, willow. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 544. Berk. Out. p. 241. C. 

 Hbk. n. -jS5.—Pe?-s. Bolt. t. 78. Batt. t. 38./. E. 



IV. Apus. Pileus sessile, &c. 



A. Anodermei. Pileus without a cuticle, &c. 



1. Carnosi. Pileus cheesy, &c. 



* Eupolyporei. Pores roimd, entire, &>c. 



29. P. epileucus Fr. — Pileus 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) broad, 2.5-5 

 cent. (1-2 in.) thick, whitish, similar internally, cheesy-soft then 

 firm, pulvinate, villous-rugged. Pores minute, round, quite 

 entire, white. 



Simple, semi -orbicular, concave beneath, not fibrous internally, scarcely 

 zoned ; pores at first scarcely discernible. 



On stumps, chiefly fir and elm. Rare. Sept.-Oct. 



Name — em, and Aeuxo?, white. Whitish. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 545. Stnith 

 Seem. Journ. 1868, p. 34. B. 6° Br. n. 1287. C. Hbk. n. 756. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. 71. 710. — Fl. Dan. t. 1794. 



