276 POLYPOREI. 



short, small, naked, tawny, as well as the margin and flesh. — Fr, 

 Epicr. p. 467. Fl. Dan. tA790,f. 2. Desm. exs. no. 314. Eng. Fl. 

 Y.p, 145. Corda. Sturm, t. 62. Kl. exs. no. 118. Fchl.exs.no. 1381. 



At the base of currant and gooseberry bushes. Common. 



Imbricated, 3 in. or raoro broad, thin, zoned, and velvety, of a rather ricb. 

 tawny-brown; margin paler and brighter ; substance soft, silky ; pores short, 

 larger than in P. ij/iiariusy brownish-grey. — M. J. B. 



781. Polyporus conchatus. Fr. •' Shell -shaped Polyporus," 



Pileus corky or woody, thin, effuse, sub-conchiform, reflexed, 

 concentrically sulcate, tomentose, bright-brown ; margin acute ; 

 pores short, small, cinnamon. — Fr. Epicr. p. 467. Eng. Fl. y.p. 

 145. Fckl. exs, no. 1382. 



On trunks. [Low. and Mid. Carolina.] 



The principal distinction between this and P. ribis appears to reside in the 

 harder substance, and smoother pileus. It varies in the degree in which its 

 surface is grooved. — M.J. B. 



782. Folypoirus salicinus. Fr. " Scented-willow Polyporus." 



Pileus woody, very hard, undulate, smooth, in great part resupi- 

 nate ; margin short, obtuse, patent, cinnamon, then brown ; pores 

 very small, round, ferruginous, cinnamon. — Fr. Epic r.p. 467. 

 Eng. Fl. Y.p. 140. Ann. N.H. no. 346, B. 



On willows. Common. [United States.] 



Hard when dry. Scent very strong, like that of aniseed in the fresh plant. 



783. Polyporus ulmazius. Fr. " Elm Polyporus." 



Pileus corky or woody, undulated, tuberculose, crustaceous, 

 smooth, white without and within ; pores decurrent, minute, 

 round, stratose, yellowish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 469. Soiv. ^.'88. Batt. 

 t. 36,/. C. Huss. i. t. 64. Berh. Outl. t. 16,/. 5. Eng. Fl. y.p. 142. 

 Kl.exs. ii. no. 616. 



On old elms. Common. 



Effused with an obtnse, occasionally free margin, forming a new stratum 

 every year, so that a section gives several distinct layers of pores and flesh, 

 alternating with each other ; flesh white ; pores minutely tawny ; substance, 

 when dry, hard and corky.— -J/. /. B. 



784. Polyporus fraxineus. Fr. " Ash Polyporus." 



Pileus corky or woody, smooth, flattened, zoneless, white, then 

 rubiginous and brown ; at first even, then concentrically sulcato- 

 plicate, pallid within; pores minute, short, rufous, at first clothed 



