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POLTPOREI. 



833. Merulius molluscus. Fr. *' Thin Merulius." 



Effused, thin, soft, membranaceous ; margin byssoid, white; 

 folds poroso-gjrose, flesh-coloured. — Fr. Epicr. p. 501. Pers. 

 M.JE. 1. 14./. 1, 2. Ann.N.H. no. 712. 



On dead wood. Rare. Penzance. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Hymenium dark brown when old; sometimes shortly reflexed, and then 

 thehymeuium not reticulated, but from the first gyrose and toothed. 



834. nexulius porinoides. Fr. " Porose Merulius." 



Crustaceous, adnate, thin, circumference byssoid, white, folds 

 poriform, distant, dirty yellow. — Fr. Epicr.p.bOl. Pers.M.E. 

 1. 14,/. 7. Ann. N.H. no. 358. 



On dead wood, chips, &c. Rare. [United States.] 



835. Merulius lufus. P. " Eufous Merulius." 



Crustaceous, adnate, smooth, flesh-red, circumference almost 

 naked, hymenium equally porous, of the same colour. — Fr. Epicr. 

 o. 502. Pers. M.E.t.lQJ. 1,2. Ann. N.H. no. obi . 



On fallen oak boughs. [Mid. Carolina.] 



"This has a very Polyporus-like appearance, and I am not certain that 

 it is anything more than a state of Dcedaha confragosa, of which I believe 

 Tramdes rubescens is a synonym," — M. J. B. 



836. lYEezulius serpens. Fr. " Creeping Merulius." 



Crustaceous, adnate, thin, becoming smooth, pallid, then red- 

 dish, circumference byssoid, white, folds at first wrinkled, then 

 porous, angular, entire. — Fr. Epicr. p. 502. Fckl.exs.no.2^Si^. 

 Kl. exs. no. 1006, ii. no. 6. 



On dead wood. Rare. Twycross. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



Not separable like 3f. corium. 



837. Merulius pallens. BerJi. " Pallid Merulius." 



Adnate, thin, inseparable, pale-reddish, fleshy, subgelatinous, 

 folds poriform, minute ; margin indeterminate. — Ami. iV. Hist. 

 ser, i. vol. \i.p. 358, no. 151. Berk. Outl. p. 256. 



On fir wood. Rare. 



838. Merulius Carmichaelianus. J^erh. " Carmichael's 



Merulius." 



White, extremely thin, forming effused, entirely resupinate, 

 irregular, interrupted, confluent patches ; folds formdng regular 



