HTDXEI. 303 



870. Irpex pendulus. Fr. " Pendulous Irpex." 



Pileus membranaceous, plicate, clothed with adpressed, pilose 

 scales, yellow; extended behind, pendulous ; margin white ; teeth 

 seriate, large, incised, white. — Fr. Epicr.p.o2\. All. ^' Sch.t. 

 6,/. 7. Eng.Fl.Y, p. 160. Bisch.f.Sm. Rahh.F.E.no.l^. 



On pine wood. Rare. Scotland. [Low. Carolina.] 



Pilei 1 in. or more broad, very tliin, somewhat resembling paper, capable 

 of being folded up or stretched, concrete or infundibuliform, from a stem- 

 like base, clothed ^vith long, even, pilose scales, so closely pressed that the 

 whole surface appears slightly rugulose; spines distinct, cliiefly seated on 

 the produced base, which is at length brownish, various in form, generally 

 disposed in rows. — Fries. 



871. Irpex Johnstoni. Berh. " Johnston's Irpex." 



Pure white, coriaceo-membranaceous, separable from the 

 matrix ; circumference naked ; teeth compressed, unequal, dis- 

 posed in rows. — Berk. Outl. p. 262. Irpex lacteus, Eng. Fl. y.p. 

 161. 



On dead branches of beech. 



Two inches long, effused, with the margin reflexed all round, and the 

 teeth exactly resembling those of many true species of Ili/d/mm, but on 

 minute inspection they will hi found to be seated upon hue folds, and dis- 

 posed in row3.—3f.J.B. 



872. IrpesL obliquus. Fr. " Oblique Irpex." 



Effuse, crustuso-adnate, white, then pallid, circumference 

 byssoid, teeth springing from a porous base, compressed, un- 

 equal, incised, oblique. — Fr. Epicr.p. 5J3. Bolt. 1. 167,/. 1. Kl. 

 exs. no. 121. 



On fallen branches. Berwick. Linlithgowshire. 



[Low. and Mid. Carolina.] 



"This spreads in irregular patches on the surface of decaying wood. The 

 pores for a small space round the margin are round and distinct, but to- 

 wards the centre greatly lengthened out, lying one upon another in an im- 

 bricated manner. The colour is white at first, when old it changes to a 

 yellow brown, and at last to a dirty, fuscou3 black." — Bolton. (Fig. JS.J 



873. Erpex fusco-violaceus. Fr. " Violet Irpex." 



Pileus effused, reflexed, coriaceous, silky, zoned, greyish 

 white ; teeth lamelloso-seriate, brownish riolet, incised at the 

 tips. — Fr. Epicr. p. 521. Willd. Bot. Maj. iv. t. 2./. 5. Fckl. exs. 

 no. 1337. Br. Bath. Trans. 1870.^. 87. 



On pine trunks. Leigh Woods. [Mid. Carolina.] 



