species of North American Fungi. 431 



spongioso zonato pallido lilacino ; poris parvis albidis. Curt, 

 no. 3945; Rav. no. 1114. At the foot of trees in pine woods, 

 June, South Carolina, H. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Pileus 8-10 inches across, thick, pulvinate, depressed in the 

 centre, obsoletely zoned, clothed with coarse tawny-brown, fawn- 

 coloured, or sometimes brownish-purple velvety down, heavy and 

 watery when fresh, light and spongy when dry. Margin lobed 

 or waved, very obtuse. Substance zoned, the zones sometimes 

 dark like the pileus, whitish tinged with lilac. Stem short, 

 coarse, obese, conical, confluent with the pileus, nearly 3 inches 

 thick above. Pores small, dirty white, decurrent, dissepiments 

 thin. 



Allied to P. tabulceformis, Schweinitzii, &c., but at once distin- 

 guished by its whitish pores and substance. The surface of the 

 pileus is somewhat like that of P. resinosus. The name alludes 

 to the swelling coarsely velvety margin, and the pale peach- 

 blossom hue of the substance when dry. 



43. Polyporus (Mesopus) flavo-virens, Berk. & Rav. MSS. 

 Pileo irregulari lobato subreniformi sordide flavo zonis flavo- 

 virentibus primum notato ; contextu albo ; stipite centrali latera- 

 lique ; hymenio ex albo flavo-virente ; poris mediis decurrentibus. 

 Rav. no, 1490. In woods, Sept., upper part of South Carolina, 

 H. W. Ravenel, Esq. 



Pileus 3-5 inches across, irregular, more or less distorted, re- 

 niform or suborbicular, subtomentose, dirty yellow, with obscure 

 concentric bands of greenish yellow which disappear in age; 

 edge thin, acute; substance white. Stem 1-1| inch high, ^-1 

 inch thick, coloured like the pileus, solid, central or lateral. Hy- 

 menium whitish when young, in age greenish-yellow, strongly 

 decurrent; pores middle-sized, angular, irregular, in age lacerated, 

 passing downwards almost to the base of the stem. 



This species must be placed near Pol. rufeacens, but we can 

 point out no closely allied species. It resembles in some re- 

 spects Pol. cristatus. The substance, when dry, tears into fibres, 

 but is rather tough. It is a very remarkable species. 



44. Polyporus (Mesopus) dependens, n. s. Totus cinnamomeus ; 

 pileo cyathiformi vertice in stipitem gracilem cylindricum elon- 

 gato striato-sericeo subzonato; poris parvis angulatis. Curt, 

 no. 3691 . On the under side of pine wood lying on the ground. 

 South Carolina. 



Pileus I to f of an inch across, cyathiform or turbinate, with 

 the vertex elongated into a slender cylindrical stem i of an inch 

 high and 1 line thick, often attached by an orbicular spongy 

 disk, tawny cinnamon, as is the whole plant, sericeo-striate, 

 tomentose, somewhat zoned. Pores small, y|oth of an inch 

 across, angular, edge slightly toothed. 



