342 POLYPORACE^E Polyporus 



1546. P. alligatus Fr. (from its binding or enveloping habit ; 

 alligo, to bind to) a b c. 



P. many, villous, white ; marg. pale umber. T. short. Po. minutely 

 labyrinthiform, colour as P. Flesh biscuit-whitish. 



Imbricato-connate. Roots, etc. ; rare. Sept. Mass 5 in. P. 2\ in. Some- 

 times faintly shaded, vinous. 



d. Suberosce. 



1547. P. heteroelitus Fr. (from its irregular, leaning habit ; 

 Gr. heteros, one of two, klino, to lean) a c. 



P. few or many, thin, shaggy-villous, zoneless, yellow, sienna 

 behind ; marg. lobed. T. somewhat short. Po. pale primrose 

 to golden-yellow. Flesh white. 



Imbricate. Stumps, partly buried, oak ; rare. Jan. Mass 7 in. P. 3J in. 



1548. P. salignus Fr. (from a frequent habitat ; salix, willow) a b c. 

 P. few to many, thin, adpressedly villous, whitish ; marg. crested. 



T. somewhat short. Po. intricately flexuous, whitish. Flesh 



white. 



Imbricate. Odour none. Trunks, willow, ash, poplar, oak, apple ; 

 uncommon. Oct. -Feb. Mass l\ in. P. 3I in. A dark line separates the 

 tubes from the flesh of the pileus as seen in section. 



APOD/E. 



a. Anodermece. 



1549. P. epileucus Fr. (from its whitish colour ; Gr. epi t upon, 



leukos, white) a b c. 



P. few, pulvinate, villous-rugged, thick, cheesy-soft, yellowish- 

 white, clouded greyish, rarely faintly zoned. T. long, biscuit- 

 primrose or brownish-white. Flesh buff-white. 



Subimbricate. Stumps, trunks, elm, fir, willow, birch ; rare. Sept.-Nov. 

 Mass 8| in. P. 5J in. 



1550. P. alutaeeus Fr. (from its colour, like tanned leather, aluta) a. 



Whitish-ochre. 

 P. few, tough, reniform-dilated, slightly velvety: marg. acute, 



even. Po. small. 

 Imbricate. Decayed stumps, pine, beech. Sept.- Oct. Mass 5§ in. 



P. 3 in. 



1551. P. palleseens Fr. (from the colours becoming pale ; pallesco, to 



grow pale) a b c. 

 P. few, corky, even to rugose, pale buff; marg. lighter. T. small, 



pale yellowish, pale vinous towards base. Flesh buff-white. 

 Imbricate. Stumps, branches, hornbeam ; rare. Mass 5! in. P. 25 in. 



1552. P. ehioneus Fr. (from its snow-white colour ; Gr. chion, snow) 



a b c. Pearly or biscuit-white. 

 P. few, soft, fragile, smooth, thin, zoneless or faintly zoned. 



T. long, but varying in length. 

 Single to 3-imbricate. Taste astringent ; odour acid. Stumps, larch, fir, 



birch ; uncommon. June—Dec. P. 2§ in. 



