254 HYDNEI. 



Phlebia. Thinner and brighter-coloured than the rest. 



On dead wood. Rare. Nov. 



Almost orange. M.J.B. Spores curved, hyaline, 4-5x1-1.5 mk. K. 

 Name — radiatus, rayed. From the folds. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 625. Syst. 

 Myc. \. p. 427. Berk. Out. p. 263. C. Hbk. n. 878. S. Mycol. Scot. p. 156. 

 — Sow. t. 291. 



3. P. contorta Fr. — Rufous then fuscous, effused, slightly firm, 

 smooth on both sides, circumference indeterminate. Folds here 

 and there conglomerated, or slightly branched, somewhat flexuous, 

 irregularly arranged. 



Very much allied to P. radiata. 



On decayed wood. Rare. 



Name — contorqueo, to twist. Contorted. Of the more intricate folds. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 625. Syst. Myc. i. p. 427. Berk. Out. p. 264. C. Hbk. n. 879. 

 — Pers. Myc. Eur. 2. t. 18./. 5. 



4. P. vaga Fr. — Dingy yellowish, effused, 5 cent. (2 in.) and 

 more, adnate, circumference flaxy-fibrillose. Hymenium yellow- 

 ish-grey, gradually formed by the union of creeping intricate 

 wrinkles, which when perfect terminate in a granulose papilla. 



The hymenium in perfect specimens is wholly that of the genus, waxy, but 

 the wrinkles are at length densely granulose with papillae. 



On dead wood. Common. 



Arachnoid at first, then traversed with intricate, fructifying veins rather 

 than wrinkles, which multiply rapidly and form an intricate mass. M.J.B. 

 Name — vagus, wandering. From the peculiar mode of formation of the 

 hymenium. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 625. Syst. Myc. i. p. 428. Berk. Out. p. 

 264. C. Hbk. 11. 880. S. Mycol. Scot. p. 156. 



5. P. lirellosa Pers. — Umber - grey, resupinate, free at the 

 margin. Sinuses very small, linear, intermixed with pores. 



The sinuses at first sight assume the appearance of small cracks, but, when 

 examined under a lens, many of them appear forked, others simple, some 

 poriform. 



Habitat not recorded. Penzance. 



Found by Persoon on dried branch of black poplar. Narae-//ra, a ridge 

 or furrow. From the appearance of the small sinuses. Daedalea Pers. Myc. 

 Eur. iii. p. 2. t. 17. /. 2, 3. Phlebia B. & Br. n. 1973. 



