284 POLTPOEEI. 



815. Polyporus vapoxaiius. Fr. " Creeping Polyporus." 



Effused, innate ; mycelium creeping over the wood, floccose, 

 white ; pores large, angular, white, growing pallid, crowded into 

 a close, firm, persistent stratum. — Fr.Epicr. js. 487. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 354. Cooke exs. no. 305. 



On fallen branches. Common. [United States.] 



var. /3. Separable, white, honey colour when dry. — Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. 1865. no. 1022*. 



A remarkable variety occurred with Hydnum, niveum at Ascot, creeping 

 over fir leaves and heath twigs quite shaded from the Ught, and differing 

 from the common form in being of a pure white when fresh, changing when 

 dxy to honey yellow. The subiculum is filmy and separable. — M. J. B. 



816. Polyporus aneirinus. Fr. " Waxy Polyponis." 



Effused, thin, sub-innate ; circumference byssoid, white ; 

 pores large, cellular, waxy, angular, smootb, white, becoming 

 tawny. — Fr. Epicr.p. 487. Ann. N.H. no. 353. 



On fallen twigs. Rare. [Low. Carolina.] 



Distinguished by its large pores, the hymenium of which has a peculiar, 

 smooth, waxy aspect. — B. <£• Br. 



817. Polyporus corticola. Fr. " Changeable Polyporus." 



Much effused, thin, circumference byssoid, thin, whitish ; 

 pores various, angular, shining, whitish, then brownish-yellow. 

 — Fr. Epicr.p. 488. P. subfuscus-Jlavidus, Rosth. Sturm, no. 27, t. 

 11. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. 1865,710. 1022. 



On oak planks in the roof of King's Cliffe Church. . 



[S. Carolina, U.S.] 



The pores appear, when viewed one way, of a greyish-brown, and the 

 other white. Fries (Mon. Hym.) quotes the figure of Rostkovius, to which 

 Berk. & Br. referred their specimens, under Polyporus corticolay Fr. 



818. Polyporus Stephensii. B.^'Br. "Stephens* Polyporus." 



Orbicular, white, at length confluent ; margin sometimes 

 slightly reflexed, tomentose ; pores broad, nearly equal, angular, 

 dissepiments rather thick, edge villous. — Ann. N.H. no. 356. 

 Rahh.F.E.no.lll. 



On twigs of privet. Oct. West of England. 



[Low. & Up. Carolina.] 



