POLYPORUS. 



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LXVI. Polyportis versicolor. 

 One-half natural size. 



On dead wood. Exceedingly common. April-Dec. 



More or less imbricated. Pileus 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) broad. Name — versicolor, 

 changeable in colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 568. Berk. Out. p. 248. C. Hbk n. 794. 

 «S. Mycol. Scot. n. 746. Hussey i. t. 24. — ■ 

 Linu. Bull. t. 86. Bolt. t. 81. Sow. t. 229. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1554. Schczff. t. 263. Sterb. t. 

 27. K. Batt. t. 35. A. 



83. P. abietinus Fr.— Pileus cin- 

 ereous-white, coriaceous, thin, effuso- 

 reflexed, villous, obsoletely zoned. 

 Pores unequal, torn, violaceous be- 

 coming pale. 



There is no species more easily distin- 

 guished, though it is sometimes wholly re- 

 supinate, sometimes reflexed, if o?ily once it 

 has been rightly identified when hi full vig- 

 our, and if distinct species are not sought 

 for in old (washed out) and dry specimens. 



On fir. Common. July-Nov. 



Fries says it is " the mother of vast confusion." Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) 

 broad. Often stained with minute green Algce. M.J.B. Name — abies, fir. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 569. Berk. Out. p. 249. C. Hbk. n. 795. S. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 747. Grev. t. 226. Fl. Dan. t. 2079. / 2 - — Dicks. Crypt. 3. /. 9. /. 9. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1298. 



84. P. Wynnei B. & Br. — Confluent, variable in form. Pileus 

 tan-colour, adnate behind, effuso-reflexed, marked with silky 

 raised lines. Pores small, angular, white. 



Incrusting various substances, with the margin more or less broadly re- 

 flected. Pores ts\ in. across, acquiring a slight tint like that of the pileus in 

 drying. Somewhat of the habit of P. amorphus, but not so fleshy in texture. 



Running over twigs, grass, &c. Coed Coch, &c. 



Name — after Mrs Lloyd Wynne. B. & Br. n. 807. Berk. Out. p. 249. 

 C. Hbk. n. 796. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 569. 



V. Resupinati. Pileus no?ie, &c. 



* Pores fuscous or blackish. 

 No British species. 



** Pores ferruginous or cinnamon. 



85. P. umbrinus Fr. — Rufous-umber, resupinate, determinate, 

 undulato-tubercular, defined by a smooth, paler margin. Pores 



Polyporus. 



