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poris decurrentibus, ochroleucis, angulatis, parvis. No. G062, 

 Alabama, Peters, on Ilex opaca. 



Pilens 1 in. across; orbicular, dark purple, finely tomentose, be- 

 coming smooth, with here and there pallid radiating lines; stem 

 slender, nearly of the same colour, pruinate downwards; pores 

 decurrent, pale ochre, angular, small. 



* Polyporus (Mesopus) lepideus. Fr. — No. 3008. Sartwell. 



* Polyporus (Mesopus) arcularius. Fr. — No. 3 1 -42. Texas, 

 C. Wright. Car. Inf. Ohio, Lea. 



— 116. Polyporus (Mesopus) dependens. B. % C. — Pileo turbi- 

 nato, ferragineo, sericeo-striato, stipite brevi, villoso, e basi spon- 

 giosis oriundo, porisque angulatis, parvis, concoloribus. No. 3691. 

 Car. Inf. Curtis. On the under side of pine logs. 



Pileus ^ in. across, turbinate, ferruginous, silky-striate ; stem 

 \ in. high, about a line thick, villous, springing from a spongy base ; 

 pores angular, small, of the same colour. Hymenium sometimes 

 proliferous. 



* Polyporus (Mesopus) Schweinitzii. Fr. = P. tabula forniis, 



B. No. 3920. Car. Inf. Curtis. No. 4280. Penns. Michener. 



* Polyporus (Mesopus) lentus. B.— No. 5596. Connecticut. 



C. Wright. 



— 117. Polyporus (Mesopus) luridus. B. # C— Pileo orbiculari, 

 umbilicato, fusco, pulverulento, margine incurvo ; stipite cylindrico, 

 subconcolore ; poris cinereis, parvis, angulatis. No. 5598. Conn. 

 C. Wright. Wisconsin, Lapham. 



Pileus 1-1^ in. across, orbicular, umbilicate, brown, pulverulent, 

 sometimes rugose, margin incurved ; stem ^-| in. high, 2 lines 

 thick, rooting ; pores ash colored, small, angular. 



* Polyporus (Mesopus) rufescens. Fr.— No. 1953, 2089, 2125, 

 2581, 2147. Car. Inf. Curtis. No. 361G. Penns. Michener. 



— 118. Polyporus (Mesopus) persicinus. B. $ C— Pileo molli, 

 tomentoso, pulvinato, atropurpureo ; stipite, crasso, concolore ; 

 poris, angulatis ; came rubida, sub-cuticula atropurpurea, quan- 

 doque zonata. No. 2945. Car. Inf. Ravenel. 



Pileus 4 in. or more across, often oblique, soft, tomentose, pul- 

 vinate, dark purple ; stem 2 in. high, l^ in. thick, concolorous ; 

 pores angular, -^ in. across, flesh-red, dark purple beneath the 

 cuticle ; sometimes zoned. 



* Polyporus (Mesopus) tomentosus. Fr.— No. 5699. New 

 Eng. Si3rague. 



* Polyporus (Mesopus) Boucheanus. Fr. No. 738. Car. Sup. 

 No. 2482. Car. Inf. Curtis, No. 5595. Conn. C. Wright. No. 

 6201. New Eng. Sprague. Ohio, Lea. Like many other species 

 of this section, frequently pleuropous. 



— 119. Polyporus (Mesopus) delicatus. B. <£• C— Pileo orbiculari, 

 ochraceo, tomentoso ; margine tenui, acuto ; stipite brevi, radi- 



