PORE FUNGI, POLYPORACE2E 



terelle is uniformly yellow to orange in 

 color, small, more or less unsymmetrical in 

 form. It is also an inhabitant of the woods, 

 and it is much used for food in Europe. 



Pore Fungi, Polyporace^ 



The PolyporacetB have a fruiting or 

 hymenial layer constituting the lining sur- 

 face of minute tubes, the mouths of which 

 appear as countless pores, located on the 

 under surface of the sporophore or pileus. 

 Many of the fungi of this family are of the 

 usual parasol type (especially the fleshy spe- 

 cies), but the majority are shelving, stalk- 

 less forms (for example, the common 

 bracket fungi of the woods). The various 

 members of this family differ greatly in tex- 

 ture, being frequently fleshy, woody, or 

 leathery. In form, size and color they are 

 likewise diverse. Among the genera con- 

 taining edible species are the more fleshy 

 representatives. Boletus and Fistulina; 

 while of the less fleshy forms the genus 



