262 FUNGI. 



Kent, and occasionally in Shropshire. The Shell Poly- 

 pore (P. conehatus), I found on pollard willows on the 

 banks of the Wye near Eoss, in Herefordshire. It is an 

 elegant species, partaking the character of the cornucopia 

 in form, the cap deep red brown, and the pores varying 

 from buff to brown. This species is much less solid than 

 the last, owing to the shortness of the pores, and much 

 more elegant in shape. The Common Willow Polypore 

 was flourishing on the same trees, shapeless in form, 

 pallid in hue, but the closely packed woody pores of a 

 bright cinnamon colour. The P. annosus we found in 

 the Sheerwater woods, adhering to large stumps, and 

 growing quite into the ground. The pores were white, 

 and the covering brownish. The variegated Polypore 

 (P. versicolor), is a very familiar species ; smaller than 

 any of those already named, but growing in great abund- 

 ance, tier above tier; zoned with olive and ochre, like 

 the lenzites, and often half covered with a bright green 

 tint, the result of the growth of minute confervas. The 

 Fir Polypore (P. abietinus, Plate XVIII., fig. 5), is 

 smaller than the variegated one, but resembles it in 

 character, it is of a beautiful violet hue underneath, 

 white above, with violet edges. We have gathered this 

 in Wiltshire and other counties. 



The Trametes group is closely allied to that of the 

 Polypores, only distinguished by the presence of trama, a 

 stratum intervening; between the fruit-bearino; surfaces of 

 folds or pores. The Corkey Trametes (T. suaveoleus), is 

 of the texture indicated by its specific name, it is rather 

 soft and pale, has large pores, and is powdery. We found 

 one specimen in a hollow willow in Kent. 



