POLYPOEEI. 



287 



Gen. 22. 



DiEDALEA, Fr. Epicr. 



Hymenophore de- 

 scending into the trama 

 without any change ; 

 pores, when fully 

 formed, torn, toothed, 

 or lahyrinthiform. 



{Fig. 67.) 



Hymenophore descend- 

 ing unchanged into the 

 trama, which is firmer 

 than in Trametes. Pores, 

 when fully formed, laby- 

 rinthiform, lacerated, and 

 toothed. In habit the 

 species resemble Trainetes, 

 but they are inodorous, 

 and must not be confounded 

 with the species of Poly- 

 porus that have elongated 

 curved pores. — W. G. S. 



P. " Oak Dffidalea." 



Fig. 67. 



825. Daedalea quercina. 



Pallid wood colour. Pileus corky, mgulose, uneven, zone- 

 less, becoming smooth, of the same colour within ; hymenium 

 first porous, then broken into contorted or gill-like lahyrinthi- 

 form sinuses; edge obtuse. — Fr.Epicr.p. A92. Lenz.f.2S,2d. 

 Sow.t.181. Bolt. t. 73. Bull. t. 362. Berk. Outl. 1. 19. f. 6. Eng. 

 Fl.Y.p.l3l. Bail.t.31. FcJd.exs.no. 1362. Gard.Chron. (1860) 

 p. 616, fig. Bisch.f. 3329. Kromh. t.b,f. 1, 2. Price,/. 20. Vent. 

 i. 60./. 1,2. Grev.t. 238. 



On oak stumps, &c. Common. 



Perennial. Pileus 5-6 in. broad, sessile, dimidiate, of a pale, woody ap- 

 pearance, smooth, marked with concentric, raised, or depressed zones and 

 little, radiating wrinkles, the margin in well-grown specimens thin, but in 

 ill-developed individuals swollen and blunt ; gills of tlae same colour as the 

 jileus, with sometimes a slight shade of pink, woody, thick, sinuous, 

 )ranched, and anastomosing, so as to form long, wavy pores, a line or more 

 jroad. Sometimes the whole plant is resupinate or decurrent, and the par- 

 titions elongated into tooth-like processes.— J/./. B. 



(Fig. 67, reduced, tcith section and, sjpores.) 



826. Daedalea confragosa. P. " Willgw Daedalea." 



Pileus corky, coriaceous, rather convex, rough, subzonate, 

 self-coloured, reddish-brown, somewhat ferruginous within ; by- 



