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Polyporus gravcolcns. Fr. 



Graveolens means strong scented, 

 closely imbricated and connate, 

 forming a subglobose polyceph- 

 alous mass, Figure 334. Pileoli in- 

 numerable, infkxed and appressed, 

 plicate, blown. 



Pores concealed, very minute, 

 round, pale-brown, the dissepiments 

 thick and obtuse. Morgan. 



This is a very interesting plant 

 because of its peculiar mode of 

 growth. It is found in woods or 

 clearings on dead logs or .on stand- 

 ing dead trees. In some parts of 

 the state it is quite common. From 

 the illustration. Figure 334, it will 

 be seen that the plant consists of an 

 innumerable number of pileoli form- 

 ing a subglobose or elongated mass. 

 They are frequently three to six 

 inches in diameter and several 

 inches long. I have seen them very 

 much elongated on standing trees. 

 When it is young and growing it 

 is shiny in appearance and has a 

 reddish and sometimes a purplish 

 tint. The inner substance is fer- 

 ruginous but covered with a hard 

 brown crust. The pores are brown, 

 and when examined with the glass 

 are seen to be lined with a very fine 

 pubescence. The imbricated form 

 of the pileoli show very plainly in 

 the illustration. 



Corky or woody and extremely hard, very 



Polyporus brumalis. Fr. 



The Winter Polyporus. 



Brumalis is from bruma, which 

 means winter ; so called because it 



Figure .334. Polyporus graveolens. 



