HyMENOMYCETES. 



27 P. DRYADEUS. Pei'S. 



3 broad. 1 thick. Compact, smooth, disc greyish cinnamon ; 

 pores even, minute, cinnamon; margin tmnid, forming a raised 

 border round the pores. The descriptions of this plant in the 

 S.M. and in the Epicrisis do not well agree. My specimen, in 

 which there are two pilei growing together in an imbricated 

 manner, corresponds well with the description in the S.M. 

 On a branch of an oak which had been blown down. Crox- 

 teth, 1856- 



Fuinentarii. — suhstance hard from the first, hicreasing annually by layers. 



28 P. ScoTicus. E.F. 



2 — 3 from the margin to the base. 3 — 4 broad. Disc rugosely 

 radiated, bright foxy red ; margin and pores white. Many 

 pilei often unite and together with the eiluscd layers of pores 

 form a large, irregularly shaped mass. On roots, frequently 

 in rabbit burrows, or at the base of stumps, principally where 

 the soil is peaty. Woolton, Croxteth, &c. 



2'.t P. TGNIARIUS. L. 



Pileus at first tuberculate, globose, then hoof-shaped, smootli, 

 margin rounded, upper surface bleached ferruginous ; pores 

 cinnamon ; whole plant extremely hard. On a plum-tree, 

 Rainhill. On a wild cherry-tree, Hooton, Cheshii-e. 



30 P. sALiciNus. Fries. 



Di.sc narrow, rough, covered with a thick black crust ; widely 

 and broadly resupinate ; pores cinnamon, whole plant ex- 

 tremely hard. On a willow on the road to lloylake. 



Inodermei. 



Sttiposi. — sub-coriafeous ; pileus uneven, zoneless. 



'^ 1 P. RADIATUS. Sow. 



2 — 3 from the margin to the base. 2 — 4 broad. Pileus hard, 

 when young tuberculose, velvety, tawny, at length sub- 

 triquetrous; disc rugosely radiated, bright ferruginous ; margin 

 pale; pores minute, yellowish, with a tinge of olive and when 

 in fine condition with a silvery sheen ; imbricated, often ex- 

 tending vertically for a yard or more, and presenting a very 

 beautiful appearance. On decaying alder trees, Knowsley, 

 and at luce lilundell. 



'.Vi P. cEuviNus. Pers. 



1 from the margin to the base. 3—6 broad. Coriaceous : 

 pileus thin ; disc somewliat velvety, indi.stinctly zoned, ricli 

 dark brown; jjorcs large, some of them lung, descending 

 orifices very ohlii|uo, i)ale woody colour. On the trunk of a 

 fallen beech, Woolton Wood. More connnonly lonnd wliollv 

 resupinate, with jiale, woody, sinuous pores. On the under 

 side of fallen branches. 1 am indebted lor the name of this 

 KI)ecics to the Kev. M. J. Berkeley, through the kinilness of the 

 liev. A. Uloxam. 



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