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748. Polypoius lucidus. Fr. " Shining Pol}T3orii3." 



Pileus corky or woody, flabelliform, sulcate, rugose, yellow, 

 then reddish-cliestnut, varnished and shining, as well as the 

 lateral, equal stem ; pores determinate, long, minute, white, then 

 cinnamon. — Fr.Epicr.p.A:4:2. Grev.t.24:b. RostJc.t.l^. Krorahh. 

 t. 4,/. 22-24. Sow. 1. 134. Paul. 1. 10,/. 1-2. {Batt. t. 36. t. 35, 

 D. var.) Berk. Outl. 1. 15,/. 2. Eng. Fl. v.^;. 136. Vent. t. 49,/ 1, 

 2. Roq,t.'2J.l. 



On the ground about stumps. [United States.] 



Pileus 2-6 in. broad, generally more or less oblique, very variable in thick- 

 ness, rugose, often marked with concentric grooves or ridges chocolate brown, 

 the edge often tawny or bright chestnut, shining as if varnished, with occa- 

 sionally a vitreous appearance. Pores very minute, sub-rotund, pale, equal, 

 at length cinnamon. Stem 6-10 in. high, 1 in. or more thick, rugose, marked 

 occasionally with transverse lines of growth, shiningr like the pileus, some- 

 times chocolate. Both the pileus and stem occasionally marked with minute 

 wavy wrinkles. — M. J. B. 



Sect. 3. Merisma — divided into numerous pileoli. 



749. Polyporus intybaceus. Fr, " Grey-branched 



Polyporus." 



Very much branched, fleshy, somewhat brittle, pileoli very 

 numerous, dimidiate, expanded, sinuate, at length spathulate, 

 nearly even, greyish -brown ; stems united into a very short 

 trunk; pores firm, obtuse, white, then brownish. — Fr.Epicr.p. 

 446. Fl. Dan. t. 1793. Paul. t. 30. Huss. It.Q. Sow. t. 87. P. 

 frondosus, Eng. Fl.Y.p. 137. 



On trunks. Rare. Esculent. 



Pilei very numerous, dimidiate, condensed into a convex tuft, ^-1 foot 

 broad, imbricated, variously confluent, irregular, at first downy, dusky, then 

 smooth, livid grey, disc depressed, dilated above, ^-l in. broad, convex, the 

 base confluent with the compound stem. Smell like that of mice. — Fries. 

 Spores oval, white, -0002 X '00014 in. 



750. Polyporus cristatus. Fr. •* Crested Polyporus." 



Branched, firmly fleshy, fragile, pileoli entire and dimidiate, 

 imbricated, depressed, somewhat pulverulent or villous, then 

 rimoso-squamose, greenish-brown ; stems connate, irregular, 

 white ; pores minute, angular and torn, whitish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 U7. Bostk.t. 16. Schceff.t. 113? Ejig. Fl.x. p. 13S. KrombJi.t. 

 48,/ 15, 16. Barla.t.2d,f.4:-7. Bisch.f. 32 dl. Fckl. exs. 13'^4:. 



In beech woods. Rare. [Mid. Carolina.] 



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