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Polyporus flavovirens. B. & Rav. 



Flavovirens means yellowish-green or olivaceous. 



The pileus is quite large, three to six inches broad, convex, expanded, funnel- 

 form or repand, fleshy, tomentose, yellowish-green or olivaceous ; frequently the 

 pileus is cracked when old; flesh white. 



The pores are not large, toothed, white or whitish, decurrent upon the stem, 

 which is tapering. 



This plant is very common on the oak hillsides about Chillicothe. The 

 plants in Figure 327 were found by Miss Margaret Mace on the Governor 



Figure 328. Polyporus heteroclitus. One-fourth natural size. ThePileoli bright orange. 



Tiffin farm, about twelve miles north of Chillicothe, growing in large groups under 

 oak trees. It is edible though often tough. It is found in August and Sep- 

 tember. It is very abundant in this region. 



