Tra metes POLYPORACE^E 365 



1654. T. inodora Fr. (from its being scentless, inodorus) a. 



P. expanded, thin, tomentose, smooth, zoneless, white or greyish- 

 white. T. long, unchanging white. Po. minute, roundish. 

 Flesh corky-firm, white. 



Stumps, beech. 2\ in. 



b. Resupinatce. 



1655. T. mollis Fr. (from its soft substance ; mollis, soft) a b c. 



Sub. somewhat membranous, whitish. T. shallow. Po. large, 

 cup-shaped, irregular, yellowish- or brownish-white, becoming 

 fuscous, then black ; marg. broadly barren, determinate, then 

 revolute, pubescent beneath. 



Often broadly effused. Dead wood, beech ; common. Jan. -Dec. 4J in. 

 Probably lasting for two years. 



1656. T. Terryi B. & Br. (after Michael Terry) a. 



Sub. pulvinate, corky, suborbicular, 1 in. thick, whitish ; marg. 

 determinate, undulate. T. shallow, 4-stratose in examples 

 first found. Po. irregular, with thin walls. Flesh dry, with 

 4-5 annual growths, white. 



Odour none. Beech. 4 in. 



1657. T. serpens Fr. (from its frequent sinuous creeping habit; 



serpens, creeping) a b e. 

 Sub. somewhat pulvinate, Yfi m - thick, arid, white. T. shallow 

 to somewhat elongate. Po. large, somewhat round, unequal, 

 ivory-white ; marg. barren, determinate, pubescent. 



At first orbicular, soon confluent. Hornbeam, privet, oak, oak chips in tan 

 pits, squared oak timber, beech. Aug. -Jan. 5^ in. Polyporus Stevensii 

 B. & Br. Must not be confounded with 1553. 



1657a. T. purpuraseens B. & Br. (from the hymenium becoming 

 purple). 

 Sub. somewhat leathery, subtomentose, chestnut. T. rigid, 

 becoming purple. Po. small. 



Dead willow, f in. 



LXVII. DjEDALEA Pers. 



(From the Cretan labyrinth made by Da^dalos — in reference to the 



intricate, labyrinthine pores.) 



Agreeing with Ira metes, except in the firmer and sometimes 

 thicker dissepiments of the pores, which, when fully grown are 

 irregularly sinuous or labyrinthine, the floccose substance of the hard 

 pileus descending unchanged into the trama. (Fig. 82.) 



Inodorous. Species 1658 — 1666 



Corky-woody, dimidiate, sessile. 1658 — 1661 



