2 28 POLYPOREI. 



Merulius. On decayed trees, birch, &c. Rare. Sept. -Feb. 



Sometimes the edge is beautifully tinged with pink. M.J.B. Spores 

 cylindrical, curved, hyaline, 4x1 mk. K. Name — tremo, to tremble. From 

 the substance approaching Tremella. Schrad. — Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 591. 

 Berk. Out. p. 255. C. Hbk. n. 829. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 783. Ft. Dan. t. 

 1553, 776./. 1. Husseyi. t. 10. Kl. Bar. t. 460. 



2. M. aurantiacus Klotsch. — Pileus 2.5 cent. (1 in.) broad, 

 between yellow and dirty white^ here and there cinereous, tough, 

 fleshy-coriaceous, effuso-reflexed, tomentose, zo?ied. Folds minute, 

 somewhat poriform, dull orange. 



Zones obsolete, hirsuto-tomentose. 



On dead beech. Rare. May. 



Allied to M. lachrymans. M.J.B. Name — an rum, gold. Orange-yellow. 

 Kl. in Berk. Eng. Ft. v. p. 128. Berk. Out. p. 256. C. Hbk. n. 832. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 784. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 591. 



3. M. corium Fr. — White, resupinato-effused, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 

 in.) and more long", and often equally broad, soft, somezuhat of 

 the consistence of paper, reflexed at the circumference which is at 

 length free, villous beneath; hymenhtm reticulato-porous, flesh- 

 colour or pale tan. 



Remarkable, variable in form and colour, sometimes short and reflexed, 

 sometimes broadly expanded. 



On dead wood. Common. March-Dec. 



Spores oval, vivid orange, 4x5 mk. W.G.S. Name — corium, skin, leather. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 591. Elench. p. 58. Berk. Out. p. 255. C. Hbk. ?i. 830. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 785. Grev. t. 147. — Bull. t. 402. Sow. t. 349. 



** Resupinato-effused, flaxy-membranaceouS) &c. 



4. M. laeticolor B. & Br. — Bright-orange, wholly effused, 

 adnate ; margin tomentose, white ; hymenium even then plicato- 

 rugose ; folds distant. 



On sawdust and leaves. King's Lynn. 



Name — Icetus, bright ; color, colour. B. £f Br. n. 1681. 



5. M. himantioides Fr. — Lilac, effused, silky, very soft, fibrous- 

 silky beneath, circumference flaxy. Folds porous then gyrose, 

 dingy yellow then somewhat olivaceous. 



Like M. lachrymans, but thinner and not pulverulent. 



On fir wood and on club-mosses. Rare. Sept. 



Name — t/xas, a strap or thong ; elSo?, appearance. From the thong-like 



