264 POLYPOREI. 



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and powdered with the white oblong spores ; stem J-1 in. high, f in. thick, 

 central, covered with pores to the very base, only the lower ones abortive, 

 and their interstices pilose, or distinctly furfuraceous, nearly of the colour 

 of the pileus. - M. J. B. 



739. Polyporus Schweinitzii. Fr. " Schweinitz's Polyporus." 



Pileus thick, spongy, tlien corky, strigoso-tomentose, rough, 

 briglit brown ; stem thick, very short or obsolete, ferruginous ; 

 pores large, variable, and torn, greenish-sulphur. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 433. Sv. Bot. t. 720. Mich. t. 70. /, 1. Ann. N.H. no. 805. 

 Corda. v. t. 10./. 88. Kl. ex. no. 513. 



Amongst roots of pines. Rare. [Mid. Carolina.] 



It occurs with a central stem, and also imbricated, and varies in the thick- 

 ness of the tomentose coat.— ^. cD Br. Spores oval, white or transparent, 

 •00014 X -00031 in. 



740. Polyporus rufescens. Fr. " Bufescent Polyporus." 



Flesh-coloured. Pileus between spongy and corky, soft, un- 

 equal, hairy ; stem short, irregular ; pores large, sinuose and 

 lacerated, white or flesh-coloured. — Fr. Epicr. p. 4,^^. Sow.t. 

 190. 



On the ground, about stumps. [United States.] 



Smaller than P. Schweinitzii, softer, and of a diflferent colour. 



741. Polyporus perennis. Fr. " Perennial Polyporus." 



Cinnamon, then bright brown. Pileus coriaceous, thin, plane, 

 then infimdibuliform, velvety, becoming smooth, zoned ; stem 

 rather firm, thickened below, velvety ; pores minute, angular, 

 acute, at first veiled, then naked and torn. — Fr. Epicr. p. 434. 

 Eostk.t.G. Bolt. tS7. Sow.t. 1Q2. Fl. Dan. t. 1076, f.l. Bull. 

 (.449,/. 2. Schceff.t. 126. Kl.exs.no. SI. FcJd.exs.UOO. Paul. 

 M64,/. 5, G. Huss.i.t.61. Eng.Fl.Y.p.l36. Price,/. 86. Vent. 

 (.61,/ 1. Bisch.f. 3267. 



On the ground and stumps. [United States.] 



Pileus l|-2 in. broad, varying in depth of colour, cup-shaped when young, 

 nearly plane when old ; often confluent, zoned, soft and velvety, and marked 

 with little raised, radiating lines, giving it a striated appearance ; margin 

 fimbriate or laciniated ; pores sn ail, roundish or angular, at length torn, de- 

 current. Stem 1 in. high, variable in thickness, very tough, velvety, bul- 

 bous at the hsise.—M. J. B. Spores oval, white, '0001 X -00018 in. A beau- 

 tiful variety occurs on charcoal heaps in woods, with a zoned pileus, ;dark 

 rich chestnut brown, sometimes almost jet black. 



