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On brandies. [Mid. Carolina.] 



More or less imbricated. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, velvety, undulated, ob- 

 scurely zoned, between corky and leathery ; margin thinner than in P. ver- 

 sicolor, shrinking, and curling inwards when dried, colour various, whitish, 

 with a cottony margin, yellowish fuscous, or brownish grey, the lattermost 

 common; pores whitish or yellowish, minute, round, very short, often dis- 

 appearing towards the margin.— G-Vey. 



794. Polyporus versicolor. Fr. " Common Zoned Polyporus." 



Pilens coriaceous, thin, rigid, plane, depressed beliind, velvety, 

 nearly even and shining, variegated with coloured zones ; pores 

 minute, round, acute, and torn, white, then pallid. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 478. Sterh. t. 27, K. Batt.t.So. A. Schwff. t. 268. Huss. i. 

 t.2\. Eng. Fl.Y.p.m. Price,/. 127. Cooke exs.no. 303. Kl. 

 exs. no. 120. ii. no. 209. Corda Anl. H.f. 75. FcTcl. exs. no. 1375. 



On stumps, branches, &c. Common. [United States.] 



Variable, sometimes quite resupinate, or with the margin reflexed, more 

 generally dimidiate and densely imbricated, occasionally spuriously stipi- 

 tate, more or less lobed, villous, marked with regular, concentric, smooth, 

 shining zones of various colours, sometimes entirely white, and not unfre- 

 quently the whole surface is villous, and the zones mere depressions. — M.J.B. 



795. Polyporus abietinus. Fr. " Whitish Fir Pol}'porus." 



Pileus coriaceous, thin, effuso-reflexed, villous, obsoletely 

 zoned, cinereous-white ; pores unequal, torn, violaceous, then 

 growing pallid. — Fr. Epicr. p. 479. Grev. t. 526. Fl. Dan. t. 

 2079./. 1. i. 1298. Eng.Fl.Y.p.Ul. 



On trunks of Coniferae. [United States.] 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, sometimes entirely resupinate, with the exception 

 of the extreme margin, and spreading over several inches, more generally 

 effuso-reflexed, thin, coriaceous, zoned, whitish, often stained with minute 

 green Algae, more or less villous ; pores very regular, laciniated, sometimes 

 resembling hydnoid teeth, more or less of a violet hue, which fades when past 

 maturity,— Ji". /. B. 



796. Polyporus Wynnei. B. 3) Br. " Wynne's Polyporus. " 



Confluent, various in form ; pileus adnate behind, effuso-re- 

 flexed, then tan-coloured, marked with silky-raised lines ; pores 

 small, angular, white. — Berlz. Outl.p. 249. Ann. N.H. no. 807. 



Running over twigs, grass, &c. Rare. 



Thin, incrusting various substances, with the margin more or less broadly 

 reflected, tan-coloured, sericeous, and marked with raised lines ; pores 

 gj in. across, angular, white, acquiring a slight tint like that of the pileus 

 in drying. — B. <fc Br. 



