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On trunks of all kinds ;] common. Pileus an inch or two in 

 breadth, and projecting an inch or less, but often effused and later- 

 ally confluent to the extent of several inches. A beautiful species. 

 The hymenium is waxy, whence it has given rise to another genus, 

 Glceoporus conchoides, Mont. The hymenium varies in color, being 

 oftener a pale cinnan:on in this region ; occasionally I find a speci- 

 men with the dark purplish pores and narrow ferruginous margin 

 of P. nigro-piirpurascens, Schw. 



32. P. w'vosus. Berk. Pileus fleshy, tough, moderately thick, 

 effuso-reflexed, laterally confluent, azonate, glabrous, snowy white. 

 Pores minute, angular, acute, entire, whitish. 



In woods on fallen sticks and branches; rare. Pileus ^ — 1 1^ 

 inches in breadth, more or less imbricated, and often laterally con- 

 fluent, always extensively effused and sometimes with a very narrow 

 reflexed margin ; the pores are very small and angular ; the color of 

 the fresh and growing specimen is snow white, but in drying, it 

 takes on an alutaceous hue, sometimes with o-reenish or brownish 

 discolored spots. My s'pecimens are identical with specimens of 

 the species received from Mr. J. B. Ellis, of New Jersey. I am 

 indebted to Mr. W. C. Stevenson, of the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Sciences, for a copy of the original description. 



III. Spongiosi. Pileus at first wet and spongy, when dry, firm 

 and elastic (or hardened), fibrous within. 



a. Context Colored. 



33. P. endocrocinus, Berk. Pileus large, thick, spongy-fibrous, 

 strigose-bristly, dark brown , the substance within of a rich saffron. 

 Pores medium, thin, angular, lacerate, golden brown. 



On decayed spots in standing trunks of hickory. Pileus, 3 — 6 

 inches in breadth. The few specimens I have met with were much 

 deformed ; but I judge it belongs here in the place where Fries 

 assigns it, Nov. Symb., p. 55. I do not find any stipe. 



34. P. Pilotce, Schw. Crimson orange. Pileus very large, pulv- 

 inate or subungulate, nearly glabrous, spongy, fibrous, becoming 

 hard and corky ; the substance within uneven, zonate. Pores 

 long, medium, at first round and thick, then thin and angular. 



In woods on old logs ; rare. Pileus 4 — 6 inches, or sometimes 



