HYMENOJIYCETKS. 



15 P. VARius. Pcrs. 



Stem 1. J diam. Pilous 1 — 3 broad. Tough, soon rigid, disc 

 depressed behind, pale or deep red brown ; pores minute, de- 

 current; stem curved, abruptly black at the base. On a stump, 

 Sutton, Cheshire. On a fallen tree, Bromborough. 



10 P. ELEGANS. Fries Ep. var. nummularius. 



Stem i high. Pileus 1 broad. Soon rigid; disc smooth, nearly 

 white, sub-orbicular; stem slender, abruptly black towards the 

 base ;_ pores minute, round, yellowish. Not hitherto described 

 as British. On an Alder tree, Hooton, Cheshire. 



1 7 P. QUERciNus. Schracl. 



5 from the margin to the base. 4 broad. Pilous corky, tongue- 

 shaped, narrowed towards the horizontal base, floccose, smooth, 

 pale j'cUow brown ; pores minute, short whitish. A beautiful 

 and distinct species. On a verj' ancient oak, Knowsley. 



Suh-Genus MERISMA. 



Varnosi .—pileoli stipitate, centrally ccespitose; disc Jioccoso-fihrous. 



\H P. FUONDOsus. Fries. 



From 4 to 16 inches in diameter. Growing in semiglobose or 

 irregular tufts, much branched ; pileoli numerous, sub-dimidiate, 

 an inch, in large specimens 2 or 3 inches broad, smoky grey ; 

 margin thin ; interior of the tuft appearing as if chiselled in 

 fine white stone. On the ground under, and in cavities at the 

 base of, oak trees, Knowsley. One large specimen grew on an 

 Alder. 



Leutl. — jjileuli suhstipitate, more or less zoned; tufts lateral, toughlji fhsJnj 



11) P. GiGANTEUS. Frics. 



Tufts nmch imbricated, round, or spreading laterally ; pileoli 

 3 — 8 inches broad, pale chestnut-brown, zoned ; margin very 

 blunt ; pores minute, cream-coloured, dark when bruised. 

 Under trees, Knowsley. Covering the roots of a beech for 

 many feet, Croxteth. 



(Juneosi. — titfts eominonhj dimidiate; pileoli not zoned ; substance cheese-like, 

 hard when dry. 



•JO P, SULPIIUREUS. Bull. 



Pileoli 1 — .5 inches broad, undulated, of even thickness, densely 

 imbricated, bright buff, with shades of reddish orange ; pores 

 sulphur. On oaks, Knowsley. On a gate-post, Penketh. 



Suheron. — tufts sub-sessile, either central or lateral ; pileoli coriaceous or corky. 



^1 P. cHAssus. Frics. 



Tuft consisting of about T) jjileoli, resembling in form those of 

 P. ijiyanteus, but in substance much harder, and scarcely sti])i- 

 tate. Upper surface velvetN', diisky-grey, siili-zoiied, margin 

 pale; pores niiiinle, greyish wliito; growth nl' tuft somewhat 

 prone. On the root of a larch, Ihoniborougli. 



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