CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CE. QUE/RCUS. 1833 
ing in the interstices a very tough white 
| central fibre, which pervades the whole 
| plant. The shields (a) are now and then 
to be found at the divarications of the === 
principal branches, and nearly of the same 
colour: their margins radiate with rigid 
pointed fibres. This moss was formerly 
| used as a styptic.” (Eng. Bot., vol. iv.) 
The other lichens that grow on the oak, 
says Mr. Borrer, are generally those that 
occur on other trees under similar circum- 
stances of age, size, and situation. Ifa few of them have been observed on 
the oak, or on oak wood only, they are among the most obscure, and on that 
account extremely liable to have been overlooked elsewhere : such as Calfcium 
microcéphalum Eng. Bot., t. 1865.; C. hype- 
réllum dch., Eng. Bot., t. 1832.; Spiloma 
punctatum Eng, Bot., t. 2472.; S. fuligindsum 
Brit. Fl., syn. 8. microclonum Lng. Bot., 
t. 2150., and our fig. 1662, but not of dch.; 
Lecidea cornea Brit. F/., syn. Lichen cérneus 
Eng, Bot., t. 965., and our fig. 1664. ; Opé- 
grapha lfncea Brit. F/., syn. Lichen lynceus Eng. Bot., t. 809.; and the 
doubtful Opégrapha microscépica Eng. Bot, t. 1911. ; and Verrucaria ana- 
lépta Ach., syn. Lichen analéptus Eng. Bot., t. 1848., and our fig. 1663. 
Fungi. Among those that are found on the wood are: Agaricus fisipes 
Bull., syn. A. crassipes Sow., t. 129.; A. erinaceus Fries, syn. A, lanatus 
1665 (lL | (( re ie aN 
SS 
1666 
Sow., t. 417.; A dryinus Pers., syn. A. dimidiatus Scheff, t. 233., and our 
Jig. 1665.; A. palmatus Bull., Sow., t. 62., and our fig. 1666.; A. ostreatus 
Jacq., Sow., t. 241.,and our fig. 1667.; A. stipatus 
Pers.; A, papyraceus Pers., syn. A. membranaceus 
Bolt. Fun., t.11.; Meritlius la- 
erymans Schum., syn. Bolétus & 
lacrymans Sow., t. 113., the €€é 
) dry rot; B.arboreus Sow., t. < 
346.; Deedalea quércina Pers., 
Grev. Crypt., t. 238., Sow. 
t. 181., and our fig. 1668. ; 
D. biénnis Fr., Boletus biénnis 
Sow., t.191.; Polfporussqua- 1669 
modsus Fries, Grev. Crypt., t. 207., and our fig. 1669.; P. licidus Fr., syn. 
Boletus licidus Sow., t. 134.; P. sulphireus Fries, Grev. Crypt., t. 113.5 
P. hispidus Fries, Grev. Crypt., t. 14., syn. Bolétus 
velutinus Sow., t. 345., and our jig. 1670.; and P. 
dryideus Pers., syn. Bolétus psetdo-igniarius Bull, 
t. 458., the false amadou. This species is not common 
in England ; but it has been found on oak trees in Rag- 
ley Park near Alcester, at Himley near Dudley, and 
in Rockingham Forest. It is of a cinnamon colour 
when young, and whitish when old, changing, when 
bruised, to a reddish brown. When fresh, it distils drops of moisture from the 
