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within ; pores short, minute, thin, equal, acute, cinnamon. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 455. Pers. Ic. ^ Desc. t. 6, /. -i. Ann. N.H. no. 346. 

 On fallen branches. July. 



When fresh very soft, of a beautiful reddish grey, and with a powerful but 

 pleasant odour, like that of aniseed. —L. tD Br. 



763. Polyporus fumosus. Fr. " Smoky Polyporus." 



Pileus fleshy, corky, firm, without zones, silky, becoming 

 smooth, undulated, dingy pale umber, dilated and adnate 

 behind, fibrous within and somewhat zoned ; pores short, round, 

 minute, whitish or dingy, darker when bruised. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 456. Tratt. Aust. t .3.f. 5. Fl. Dan. 1. 1963. /. 2. Fl.Boruss. 

 t.8d2. Bail.t. 31. Fckl.exs. 1391. 



On stumps. 



Csespitose or imbricated, thick, of a smoky hue. 



764. Polyporus adustus. Fr. " Scorched Polyporus." 



Pileus fleshy, tough, firm, thin, villous, pallid cinereous, 

 margin straight, blackish, efFuso-reflexed behind; pores short, 

 minute, round, obtuse, whitish pruinose, soon cinereous brown. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 450. Fl. Dan. t. ISdO,/.!. Batsch,f.226. Sow. 

 t. 231. Eng. Fl. v. p. 139. Kl. exs. no. 620. ii. 412. Fckl.exs. 

 1390. 



On stumps. [United States.] 



Pores very small and grey, even in younger specimens always leaving a 

 whitish margin on the underside, which will readily distinguish it. — Sow. 



765. Polyporus crispus. Fr. " Crisped Polyporus." 



Pileus fleshy, tough, coriaceous, rugose, blackish-cinereous, 

 effuso-reflexed behind ; margin thin, crisped, at length black ; 

 pores rather large, unequal, at length labyrinthiform, silvery- 

 grey. — Fr. Epicr. p. 457. Batsch, f.221 . 



On stumps. [Mid. and Up. Carolina.] 



Smaller than P. arfiistics. Pileus when young dingy black, floccoso-rugose, 

 without zones j margin white, when mature thinner, becoming pale-grey, 

 with a brown marginal zone. 



766. Polyporus adiposus. B.^^Br. " Foxy- white Polyporus." 



White, here and there acquiring a foxy tinge ; pileus soft, 

 waxy, shortly reflexed, obscurely tomentose ; hymenium rather 

 thick ; pores small, edge obtuse. — Berk. Outl.p. 243. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 111. 



