266 POLTPOREI. 



On trunks. 



Imbricated, flesli white. Pileus depressed behind, commonly emarginate. 

 Colour usually livid, with a chestnut coloured disc. 



745. Polyporus varius. Fr. " Variable Polj^porus." 



Pileus fleshy, tough, thin, soon woody, smooth, sub-virgate, 

 irregular, depressed behind or in the centre ; stem excentric and 

 lateral, even, smooth, gradually blackish-cinereous downwards ; 

 pores decurrent, minute, short, rounded, unequal, whitish, or 

 watery cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr.}^. 440. Batsch.f. 129. Bull.t. 360, 

 445,/. 2. Buxh. v. t. 16, f. 2. Bolt. t. 168. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 136. Kl. 

 exs. no. 223. 



On trunks. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Variable in size, |-4 in. broad. Pileus hard, lateral, excentric or regular, 

 infundibuliform or convex, deep red brown or dirty white, smooth and even. 

 Pores decurrent, very minute and shallow. Stem, when present, generally 

 either altogether or abruptly jet black at the base. Occasionally the stem 

 is altogether pale. — M- /■ B. 



746. Polyporus elegans. Fr. " Elegant Polyporus." 



Pileus equally fleshy, soon indurated, woody, expanded, even, 

 smooth, self-coloured; stem excentric or lateral, even, smooth, 

 pallid, base from the first abruptly black, rooting ; pores plane, 

 minute, sub-rotund, pallid, yellowish-white. — Fj\ Epkr.p.A^'iO. 

 Built. 4:G. Fl. Dan. t. 107b, f. 1. Bostk.t. 11. Boh. t. 83. Fckl. 

 exs. 1395. 



On trunks. [^P- Carolina.] 



var. /3. nummulaxius, smaller, thinner, sub-regular ; stem 

 equal, excentric. — Bostk.t. 12. Bull.t. 124:. 



On trunks. 



Pileus 2-4 in. broad, pale ochre or orange, shining, not infundibuliform, 

 scarcely depressed. In the variety the pileus does not exceed 1 in. 



747. Polyporus quercinus. Fr. " Oak P0I3 porus." 



Pileus corky, soft, tongue-shaped, very thick, convexo-plane, 

 even, at first flocculoso-granulose, pallid tan, narrowed behind 

 into the thick horizontal stem ; pores short, minute, whitish. — 

 Fr.Ejncr.p.Ul. KromhJi.t.6,f.d-b,t. AS,/. 11-13. Faul.t.lS, 

 f. 1-4. Huss. i. ^. 52. Ann. N. H. no. 344. 



On old oaks. Eare. Apethorpe, Kent. 



A very distinct species, having somewhat the form of FistuUna he^atica. 

 It is of a beautiful yellow-brown with rather shallow pores.— £. d: Br, 



