Polyporus POLYPORACE^E 345 



1563a. P. fragrans Peck (from the fragrance). 



P. fleshy, effuso-reflexed, imbricate, sometimes thickened at the 



base, velvety, with minute tomentum, pale reddish-grey or 



alutaceous ; marg. thin. T. T V in. long. Po. minute, unequal, 



angular, whitish, becoming darker with age, blackish where 



bruised. Flesh slightly fibrous, zoned, concolorous. 



Stumps, elm. 4 x 2 in. Often mistaken for 1563, but distinguished by 

 the sweet odour. 



1564. P. adustus Fr. (from its scorched appearance ; aduro, to 



burn) a b c. 



P. somewhat thin, buff-ivory, with 4-6 darker z. ; marg. becoming 



blackish. T. somewhat short. Po. minute, warm ivory-brown, 



becoming ragged and tinted slate-colour. Flesh whitish to 



buff-ivory. 



Single to 8-imbricate. Stumps, alder, oak, willow, birch, poplar, hornbeam, 

 dead leaves ; frequent. Jan. -Dec. P. 2% in. 



1565. P. erispus Fr. (from the crisped margin of the pileus) a c. 



P. rugose, tuberculose behind, thin, ivory-buff, brownish behind ; 



marg. umber-white. T. somewhat short. Po. large, unequal, 



labyrinthiform, slate-whitish or brown-white ; marg. barren. 



Flesh buff- white. 



About 4-9 connate. Old stumps ; uncommon. May-Jan. Mass 3^ in. 

 P. 1 1 in. 



1566. P. amorphus Fr. (from its shapelessness ; Gr. a, without, 



morphe, form) a b c. 



P. thin, silky, somewhat tuberculose behind, orange to white. 



T. somewhat short. Po. unequal, pale orange-vermilion or 



pale ivory-vermilion : marg. barren. 



Multi-imbricate. Stumps, leaves, fir ; uncommon. Sept. -Mar. Mass 3 in. 

 P. 1 in. Cooke refers 1622 to this, but the spores are different in shape 

 and size. Often in part resupinate. Ceriomyces {Ptychogaster) citrinus 

 is said by Saccardo to be an imperfect state of this. 



1567. P. adiposus B. & Br. (from its fat-like substance ; adeps, fat) a c. 

 P. effused, waxy-soft, shortly reflexed, thin, obscurely tomentose, 



bright red-brown. T. short. Po. small, salmon : marg. salmon- 

 orange. 



On the ground near stumps, on mosses, Marchantia ; uncommon. Dec. 

 Mass \\ in. P. \ in. 



1568. P. Keithii B. & Br. (after the Rev. Dr. James Keith) a b. 



P. bell-shaped, decurrent behind, rough with rigid, tooth-like 

 processes, bright red-brown. Po. pallid, deep vinous when 

 dry, dissepiments lacerate. 



Single to 2-imbricate. Sticks, naked wood. P. \ in. 



1569. P. hispidus Fr. (from the hispid pileus) a b c. 



P. thick, dimidiate, pulvinate, hispid, rich red-brown ; marg. 



sienna-ivory. T. long. Po. minute, ivory to pale brown-ochre. 



Flesh juicy, tender, elastic, spongy, dull orange to sienna. 

 Single to 3-imbricate. Living trunks, pine, ash, larch, apple, mulberry, 



