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2-4 inches long, pale, silky, at length nearly smooth and shining, 

 repeatedly but delicately zoned ; hymenium white ; pores small ; 

 dissepements very thin and delicate, soon torn, and toothed so as to 

 present the appearance of a Hydnum. Car. Inf. Curtis. 

 • * P. (Znodermei) chartaceus. B. § C. I. c— Effused for many 

 inches, and completely surrounding the smaller branches, broadly 

 reflexed; margin membranaceous but rigid ; obscurely zoned, dirty 

 white, slightly silky, but by no means hairy or bristly ; pores ^ 

 inch wide, soon broken into obtuse lamellar processes. Allied to 

 P. pinsitus. 



- 141. P. (Ruspinati) favillaceus. B. $ C. — Brevis, sparsus ; 

 margine liberato, tomentoso ; hymenio cinerco ; poris minimis. No. 

 5266. New Eng., Sprague. Consisting of little scattered patches: 

 margin at length free and tomentose; hymenium ash-coloured; 

 pores yJ^ inch wide. Parasitic, together with a minute Hydnum, 

 on some indeterminable resupinate Polyporus. 



* P. (Resupinati) niger. B. — Hook, Lond. Journ., v. 4., p. 304. 

 Rav. Fung. Car. Fasc. 1, No. 20. Ohio. Lea. Elongated, mar- 

 gin free, dark brown, pubescent ; hymenium jet black ; pores very 

 minute, punctiform umber within. 



~ 142. P. (Resupinati) auxantio-pallens. B. cf C— Suborbicularis. 

 margine elevato obtuso cinctus ; poris parvis. No. 2600. Car. 

 Inf. On pine. About an inch wide ; margin obtuse raised ; pores 

 7/3- inch wide. Allied apparently to P. bombycinus 



- 143. P. (Resupinati) chrysobaphus. B. $ C— Totus resupina- 

 tus, immarginatus, aureo-olivaceus ; poris elongatis obliquis ; sporis 

 ferrugineis. No. 6i5>42. Alabama. Peters. 



Entirely resupinate without any distinct margin ; of a golden 

 yellow, inclining to olive ; pores elongated, oblique, -^ inch wide ; 

 spores ferruginous. 



* P. (Resupinati) xanthus. ^K-No. 2356. Car. Inf. On 

 pine. 2442. Car. Inf. On oak. 3873, 5220. Alabama. Peters. 



* P. (Resupinati) spissus. Fr.— No. 5803. New Eng. Sprague. 

 6000, Penns. Michener. 



* P. (Resupinati) cruentatus. Mont —Boletus spissus, Schwein. 

 No. 2012. Car. Inf. On oak. 



* P. (Resupinati) fusco-carneus, P. Rav. Fung. Car. Fasc. 1. 

 No. 15. No. 5592. Connect. C. Wright. 



* P. (Resupinati) salmonicolor. B. cy C— Hook. Kew. Misc., 1. 

 p. 104. Totus resupinatus e mycelio tenui albo oriundus ; poris 

 primum subcarneis, demum elongatis nigrescentibus. No. 1527. 

 Santee River. Ravenel. On charred wood. 



Several inches broad, thin near the margin, of a rich salmon 

 colour, at length brown. Pores -±% inch wide; very tender when 

 young. Allied to the three last. 



144. P. (Resupinati) barbaeformis. B.d- C— Totus resupinatus 



