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C. Inodermei. Pileus from the first arid and firm, &c. Polypoms. 



7. Stupposi. Pileus flocculose then smooth, &c. 

 * Substance coloured. 



75. P. radiatus Fr. — Pileus 2.5 cent. (1 in.) broad, corky, 

 coriaceous, rigid, radiato-rugose, at first velvety, tawny, then 

 becoming smooth, ferruginous-fuscous, margin spreading, repand. 

 Pores minute, pallid, silvery-glistening, at length ferruginous. 



Very much imbricated, growing into each other, becoming woody, but not 

 perennial. 



On hazel, alder, &c. Frequent. Oct.-Feb. 



Name — radiatus, radiate. From the wrinkles on the pileus. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 565. Syst. Myc. i. p. 369. Berk. Out. p. 248. C. Hbk. n. 790. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 743. Kl. t. 461. — Sow. t. 196. Batt. t. 39. C. 



76. P. polymorphus Rostk.— Pileus timber, resupinate, effused, 

 coriaceous, margin reflexed, crisped, smooth. Pores rather large, 

 angular and torn, pallid. 



The above description is from the figure. From the description of the 

 author it is wholly bay-brown-pallid. 



On fir in a fence. Forres. Aug. 



Name — 7roAv'?, many; nopfyrj, form. Rostk. 4. t. 56. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 566. 

 B. & Br. n. 1802. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 744. 



77. P. cryptarum Fr. — Pileus rufescent -ferruginous, corky- 

 cottony, effuso-reflexed and variable, zoneless, adpressedly silky, 

 paler internally. Pores very long, minute, round, paler than the 

 pileus. 



Exceedingly changeable in form and colour, becoming paler with the 

 weather. 



On fir-trees. Frequent. 



Nearly related to P. ferruginosus, and perhaps a mere state of it. B. 6^ Br. 

 Name — crypta, a vault, cellar. Probably first found in cellar. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 566. B. & Br. n. 1804. Pers. Myc. Eur. 2. t. 16./. 3.— Bull. t. 478. 



** Substa?ice white. 



78. P. gossypinus Lev.— White. Pileus coriaceous, effuso- 

 reflexed, becoming plane, tomentose, zoneless, substance of the 

 same colour. Pores at first labyrinthine, then angular, pallid 

 cinereous, dissepiments thin, slightly toothed. 



The pores are three or four times longer than the flesh of the pileus is 

 thick. 



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