POLYPORUS 589 



white, 3-10 mm. long; orifice of pores white, spotted with red when 

 touched, large, elongate, unequal, flexuose. Flesh white, becoming red- 

 dish when cut, soft, firm when dry, fragile, thick. Spores white, ellip- 

 tical, 5-6 x 2-3 JLI. Pine stumps. Sept. Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1953. P. Keithii B. & Br. Rev. Dr James Keith. 

 P. 12 mm., bright red brown, shell-shaped, effuso-reflexed, narrowed 



behind, rough with rigid, tooth-shaped processes. Tubes and pores 

 pallid, large, angular, lacerated. Spores "white, elliptical, 6 x 3 /A" 

 Massee. Fallen sticks. Eare. 



1954. P. caesius (Schrad.) Fr. Caesius, bluish grey. 

 P. 1-8 cm., white, then tinged with bluish grey, dimidiate, often im- 

 bricate, rarely stipitate, sometimes resupinate, villose, or silky. Tubes 

 white, 3-9 mm. long; orifice of pores white, becoming bluish grey when 

 touched, small, unequal, flexuose, toothed. Flesh white, bluish when 

 broken, soft, watery, then firm. Spores pale blue, oblong, 45 x 1 

 1-5/Lt, 1-guttulate, often curved. Stumps, and dead branches of coni- 

 fers, more rarely on deciduous trees. March Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



1955. P. trabeus Fr. Rostk. Polyp, t. 28. rpd^r/^, a beam. 

 P. 5-10 cm., white, becoming pallid, often tinged with ochre or bistre, 



effuso-reflexed, transversely elongated, minutely pubescent, or smooth. 

 Tubes white, 2-6 mm. long; orifice of pores white, somewhat round, or 

 toothed and labyrinthiform. Flesh white, obsoletely zoned, floccose, 

 then firm. Spores white, elliptical, 5-6 x 3-4/z. Conifers, and yews. 

 Oct. Feb. Rare, (v.v.) 



1956. P. destructor (Schrad.) Fr. Krombh. t. 5, fig. 8. 



Destructor, destroyer. 



P. 5-15 cm., fuscous whitish, effuso-reflexed, sometimes resupinate, 

 rugose, subundulate, pubescent. Tubes white, 3-8 mm. long; orifice 

 of pores white, becoming discoloured with age, somewhat round, toothed, 

 or torn. Flesh whitish, watery, fleshy, thick, zoned. Spores white, 

 subglobose, 3-4 x 3^i. Smell sometimes strong. Conifers, and worked 

 wood. May Dec. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. undulatus (Fr.) Sacc. Undulatus, wavy. 



Differs from the type in the broadly expanded, marginate, whitish 

 bay brown p. 



**0rifice entire. 



1957. P. epileucus Fr. eVtXeu/co?, whitish. 

 P. 7-12 cm., whitish, or yellowish, becoming ochraceous when dried, 



dimidiate, pulvinate, concave below, villous-rugged. Tubes whitish, 

 4-18 mm. long; orifice of pores whitish, becoming yellowish, minute, 

 round. Flesh whitish, becoming yellowish, cheesy-soft, 2-5-5 cm. thick, 



