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coming smooth, pallid ; stem thin, hirsiito-sqiiamulose, pallid ; 

 pores oblong, angular, slender, acute, denticulate, -white. — Fr. 

 Epicr. 2^.4.30. £atsch.fA2. FL Dan. 1. 12^7. Bostl\t.S. Enc. 

 Fl.Y.pABo. Ann.N.H.no. 343. Kromhh. tA.f, 19-21. Fl ex. 

 no. 204. FcU.exs. 1396. 



On dead trunks and branches. Eare. [Low. and Mid. Carolina.] 



Pileus 1-4 in. broad, nearly plane, depressed in the centre, dingy, clothed 

 with minute scales, at length fawn-coloured, and nearly smooth. Pores very 

 slightly angular, white, the dissepiments rather thick. Stem f -2 in. high, 

 2-4 lin. thick, central, velvety, hirsute or squamulose. — M.J.B. 



736. Polyporus fuscidulus. Fr. "Yellow-brown Polyporus." 



Pileus fleshy, tough, subcoiiaceous, convexo-plane, zoneless, 

 even, yellowish-brown; stem rather slender, equal, smooth, 

 pallid ; pores adnate, somewhat rounded or angular, obtuse, 

 quite entire, yellowish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 431. Bolt. 1. 170. 



Amongst chips, &c. Rare. 



Stem 1-2 in. long, 2 lin. thick, nearly straight, equal, or thickened towards 

 each extremity, tawny or yellowish. Pileus 1-2 in. broad j flesh tough, yel- 

 lowish white. 



737. Polyporus leptocephalus. Fr. " White-pored Polyporus." 



Pileus tough, coriaceous, convexo-pilane, thin, smooth, zone- 

 less, even, pallid, then fawn-coloured; stem short, smooth, 

 pallid ; pores adnate, minute, subrotund, obtuse, whitish. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 432. Jacq. Misc. i. 1. 12. Paul 1. 164. /. 1. Mich. t. 70. 

 /. 1. Eng. Fl. v. p. 135. 



On trunks. Rare. 



Pileus 1 in. broad, tawny-bay, flat, thin, leather-like j pores white, very 

 short; stem pale or reddish-brown, thick as a crow quill, and about half an 

 inch high. — With. 



738. Polyporus lentus. Berk. " Tough Polyporus." 



Pileus fleshy, but tough, umbilicate, minutely scaly, especially 

 at first ; stem hispid, furfuraceous, rather slender, incurved, 

 central or excentric ; pores irregiilar, decurrent, white. — Berk. 

 Outl.p. 2?j1. 1. 16,/. 1. Eng. Fl. y.p. 134. 



On old furze stems. Northamptonshire and Notts. 



Pileus 1^ in. broad, convex or slightly depressed, at first furfuraceo-squam- 

 ulose, reddish-brown, at length nearly smooth, ochraceous ; the margin 

 fibrilloso-squamose, of a tough, fleshy substance ; pores large, rather deep, 

 decurrent, roundish or subquadrate, at first white j edges slightly toothed. 



