274 POLTPOREI. 



773. Polyporus pallescens. Fr. " Pallid Polyporup." 



Pileiis fleshy, spongy, then corky, thin, zoneless, even, smooth, 

 yellowish ; margin acute, of the same colour ; pores short, minute, 

 roundish, yellowish white. — Fr. Epicr.}!. 463. Sow. t. 230. Eng. 

 Fl. Y.p. 141. Fchl.exs.no. 1379. 



On old stumps. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Thin, imbricated, 2-3 in. or more broad, with scarcely any trace of zonea, 

 more or less tuberculatod, pores minute, many quite superficial, but towards 

 the base a line or more deep, with a pulverulent appearance, aiising from a 

 very minute dovra. — M. J. B. 



774. Polyporus vegetus. Fr. " Lime Polyporus." 



Pileus broad, dilated, smooth, opaque, brown, annual zone 

 broad, concentrically sulcate, substance floccose, lax, very thin ; 

 cuticle of the second season thick, separable ; pores minute, sece- 

 ding, umber, each annual stratum separated by a distinct floccose 

 layer. — Fr. Epicr.p. 464. Ray. Syn. ii. app. 335. 



On lime trees. 



775. Polyporus applanatus. Fr. " Flattened Polyporus." 



Pileus expanded, tuberculose, obsoletely zoned, pulverulent, 

 or smooth, cinnamon, becoming whitish, cuticle crustaceous, 

 rigid, at length fragile, within very soft, loosely floccose ; margin 

 tumid, white, then cinnamon; pores very small, sub-ferruginous, 

 orifice whitish, brownish when bruised. — Fr. Epicr.p. 465. Batsch. 

 f. 130. Bull. t. 454,/. C. Fl. Boruss. t. 393. Fckl. exs. no. 1388. 



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



776. Polyporus foment axius. Fr. " Dingy -hoof Polyporus." 



Pileus ungulate, dilated, thick, smooth, remotely and concen- 

 trically zoned, smooth, opaque, dingy, becoming whitish, soft 

 within, floccose, tawny-ferruginous, cuticle thick, very hard, per- 

 sistent; margin, and very long minute pores, distinctly stratose, at 

 first pruinose, then ferruginous. — Fr. Epicr.p. 465. Lenz.f.4:S. 

 Soiv. 1. 133. Batt. t. S7,f. E. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 144. Kl. exs. no. 222. 

 Schnz. t. 16,/. 28. Fckl. exs. no. 1386. 



On trunks. Common. [United States.] 



Pileus 4-5 in. broad, subtriangular, obsoletely zoned, nodulose, brownish- 

 grey, resembling coffee slightly tinged with milk, sometimes in age, es- 

 pecially when growing on birch, nearly white, occasionally tinged with 

 bright yellow ; margin in general sub-acute, but sometimes very obtuse, 



