35<D POLYPORACEiE Fomes 



1583a. F. Euonymi W. G. Sm., Polyporus Euonymi Kalchb. (from its 

 host plant, Euonymus europceus) a c. 

 P. fleshy, rugose, cinnamon, darker with age, salmon at the marg., 

 edge white. T. short, minute, cinnamon. Po. minute, salmon 

 or whitish-cinnamon. Flesh cinnamon. 



Mass 3! X 3J in., projection 2 ins. Tubes sometimes multi-stratose, with 

 flesh of pileus reduced to ^ in. thick. Closely allied to F. Lonicerce, 



1584. F. Ribis Cooke (from its habitat, currant and gooseberry bushes ; 



ribeSj currant) a b c. 

 P. thick, somewhat sulcato-zoned, effused amongst branches, 

 somewhat even, indistinctly zoned, velvety, orange- or brown- 

 sienna, becoming slate-brown behind. T. short, colour as 

 flesh. Po. very small, yellow-sienna becoming sepia-cinnamon. 

 Flesh corky-coriaceous to soft, brownish sienna-orange. 



Connato-imbricate. Perennial. Common. April-July. Group 3f in. diam. 

 P. i\ in. diam. Substance suitable for tinder. The same as 1582 and 

 1583a according to Bresadola. 



1585. F. salieinus Karst. (from its habitat, willow, salix) a c. 



P. undulate, whitish-brown, yellowish-brown or black, 3-8 zoned, 

 dark-umber. T. deep umber-sienna. Po. very small, ferru- 

 ginous-cinnamon ; marg. barren. Flesh woody, very hard, 

 whitish- or yellowish-brown. 



Caespitoso-imbricate, for the most part or wholly resupinate. Common. 

 Group 3£ in. in diam. P. if in. diam. A form of 1583, according to 

 Bresadola. Ceriotnyces {Ptychogaster) spongia is said by Saccardo to be an 

 imperfect state of this. 



1586. F. roseus Cooke (from its rose colour) a b c. 



P. thin, somewhat flattened, even, subrugose, shining dull rose 

 or rose-red, dark zoned; marg. dark. T. somewhat long; 

 marg. barren. Po. minute, colour as P. Flesh corky-woody, 

 floccoso-fibrous, colour as P. or paler. 



Imbricate, crespitose. Stumps, apple, dressed wood. Oct. P. 2f in. diam. 

 Colour permanent in drying. The same as F. rufopallidus and 1592 

 according to Bresadola. 



1587. F. ulmarius Cooke (from its habitat, elm, ulmus) a b c. 



P. thick, convex, tubercular, uneven, becoming smooth, white to 

 leather-buff, blackish in old examples ; marg. white, becoming 

 tawny. T. single to 6-stratose, ivory, bright salmon or buff- 

 vinous, brown in decay. Flesh corky-woody, very hard, 

 white. 



Connato-imbricate. Single. Odour disagreeable. Inside old elms. Sept.- 

 Feb. P. 6§ in. diam. 



1588. F. eytisinus Cooke (from one of its habitats, laburnum, 



Cytlsus) a b. 

 P. thick, convex, smooth, whitish, biscuit, or pale brownish. T. 



