POLTPOREI. 289 



A. Leptospori — spores white. 



829. H/Ierulius txemellosus. Schrad. " Tremellose Merulius." 



Resupinate, then free or reflexed, tleshy, tremelloid, tomen- 

 tose, white ; margin dentato-radiate ; folds porous, variable 

 pinkish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 500. Fl. Dan. t. 1553, 776. /. 1. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 11 . Huss. i. 1. 10. Fchl. exs. no. 1358. Jnn. Sc. Nat. 

 1837. viii. 1. 10. f. 22. Bail. t. 30. Kl. exs. ii. no. 1. Boletus arho- 

 reus, Soiv. t. 316. Bisch.f. 3117. 



At the base of decayed trees. Rare. Oct. [United States.] 



" Sometimes the edge is beautifully tinged with pink." 



830. Zyierulius cozium. Fr. " Leathery Merulius." 



Resupinate, effused, soft, somewhat papyraceous, circum- 

 ference at length free, reflexed, white, and villous below ; hy- 

 menium reticulato-porose, flesh-coloured, or pallid tan-colour. — 

 Fr. Epicr.p. 500. Grev.t. 117. Built. 102. Sow. t. 319. Eng.Fl. 

 Y.p. 128. Fckl. exs. no. 1359. Berk. exs. no. 19. KL exs. no. 1916. 



On dead trunks. Common. [United States.] 



Plant 2-3 in. broad, sometimes completely effused with a white byssoid 

 margin, but not unf'requently the margin, or even the whole pileus, is regu- 

 larly reflexed, often imbricated, white, pubescent, and zoned above, below 

 pale buff or lilac, variously sinuato-rugose or reticulato-porous, very various 

 in thickness, being sometimes a mere pellicle, while on the contrary indi- 

 viduals occur as thick as Stereum, hirsutum, — M.J.B. Spores oval, vivid 

 orange, -00018 X-0u02a in. 



831. Merulius himantoides. Fr. " Fibrous Merulius." 



Effused, silky, very soft, fibrous, silky beneath, lilac ; circum- 

 ference byssoid ; folds porous, then gyrose, dirty yellow, at 

 length inclining to olive. — Fr. Epicr.p. bOl. Pers. M.E.t. \d. 

 /.3,1. Sow.t.^'^^. Br. Bath. Trans. 1^10. p. ^4:. 



On fir wood, and on club mosses in a conservatory. 



Similar to M. lacrymans, but thinner. 



832. IVIerulius aurantiacus. Klotsch, " Orange Merulius." 



Pileus tough, carnoso-coriaceous, effuso-reflexed, zoned, to- 

 mentose, between yellow and dirty white, here and there cine- 

 reous; folds minute, subporiform, dull orange. — Bei^k. Outl.p. 

 256. Eng.Fl.Y.p.l28. 



On dead beech. May. Rare. Scotland. 



Pileus lin. broad ; zones obsolete, hirsuto-tomentose. Nearly allied toM. 

 corium. — 31. J.B. 



