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POLYPORACEiE Merulius 



yellowish-white; marg. very broad, barren, white. Hy??i. 

 brown when dry. 

 Bark, pine, alder. Nov. -Jan. 3J in. Pores sometimes not developed. 



1675. M. porinoides Fr. (from the poriform folds of the hymenium) 



a b c. 

 Po. large, round, dissepiments feeble, pale dull yellowish or 

 brownish-ochre ; marg. broad, barren, white to yellowish-white. 

 Dead wood, chips, bark, fir, on the ground ; rare. Sept. \\ in. 



1676. M. rufus Pers. (from the reddish hymenium; rufus, reddish) 



a b c. Waxy-soft. 



Po. regular, round, medium to small, red-sienna, or light to dark 



vinous-brown ; marg. obsolete, or narrow and irregular, barren, 



colour as Po. 



Often effused. Dead wood, oak, willow ; uncommon. May-Feb. 3J in. 

 Vinous-blackish when dry. Greatly resembling a resupinate Polyporus. 



1677. M. serpens Tode (from its wavy, creeping habit ; serpo, to 



creep) a b c. Inseparable, thin. 



Po. wrinkled to round, angular, entire, dissepiments sometimes 

 feeble, pale to ochreous-salmon or red ; marg. broad, barren, 

 white. Hym. dark vinous- or rufous-brown when dry. 



Fir, lime, ash, cedar, cones; rare. Oct. -Mar. 6 \ in. 



1678. M. pallens Berk, (from its pale colour ; palko, to be pale) a b c. 



Inseparable, somewhat gelatinous. 



Po. round, but variable, minute to somewhat large, feebly 

 developed, pale reddish- or brownish-salmon, sometimes 

 orange-brown ; marg. indeterminate, barren. Hym. pale purple- 

 umber to deep vinous-brown when dry. 



Fir, oak ; rare. June-Dec. 3§ in. 



1679. M. Carmiehselianus Berk, (after Capt. Dugald Carmichael) a c. 



Confluent, very thin. 

 Po. large to small, often hexagonal, very shallow, with feeble 



dissepiments, white ; marg. narrow, obsoletely punctate, edge 



finely laciniate. 

 Bark. 3J in. Brown when dry. 



b. Coniop 'horcs. 



1680. M. laerymans Schum. (from the watery drops on the fully 



developed hymenium ; lachryma, a tear) a b c. 



Spongy-fleshy, arachnoid-velvety below, sometimes reflexed with 



a small extended rugose whitish more or less imperfect P. 



Po. large, round to gyroso-toothed, sienna-orange, yellowish 



towards the barren tomentose white or salmon marg. Flesh 



grey-whitish-flesh colour or vinous-brown. Hym. dark brown, 



sometimes almost black when dry. 



Odour very strong, fungoid, penetrating. Dressed wood in buildings, spread- 

 ing over brickwork, plaster, mortar, carpets, etc. Does not grow out 

 of houses in this country. Jan. -Dec. 1 ft. 5J in. The fungus of " dry- 

 rot." The flesh gives a red stain to paper like 1517. Var. pulverulentus 



