PORIA 601 



2002. P. callosa Fr. Callum, hardened skin. 

 P. 2-9 cm., white, broadly effused, 2-4 mm. thick, even, tough, 



entire, separable, like soft leather. Pores white, hyaline, firm, round, 

 equal, quite entire, obtuse. Spores hyaline, "obliquely elliptical, 

 6 x 3-5/1," Massee. Eotten wood, and branches. April May. Un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



2003. P. obducens (Pers.) Fr. Obducens, covering over. 

 P. 2-8 cm., white, effused, incrusting, innate, inseparable, firm. 



Pores pallid tan, 2 mm. long, distinctly stratose, very small, round, 

 equal. Spores hyaline, "elliptical, 4 x 2 /A" Massee, "subglobose, 

 4/u,, 1-guttulate. Cystidia with incrusted top, 12-15 x 9-15/A, or 

 when the crust is removed, 4-5-7 fj, broad. Hyphae 3/z broad, not 

 fibulate" Romell. Old stumps, and rotten branches of oak, elm, ash, 

 pear, and maple. July Feb. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



***Pores flesh colour. 



2004. P. placenta Fr. Fr. Icon. 1. 188, fig. 3, as Polyporus placenta Fr. 



Placenta, a flat-cake, placenta. 



P. 5-20 cm., rosy flesh colour, widely effused, rather thick, soft, 

 separable; margin white, byssoid, sterile. Pores rosy flesh colour, 

 fuscous when dry, 2-6 mm. long, angular, unequal, irregularly stratose. 

 Smell very pleasant. Spores white, elliptical, 5 x SJJL, minutely 

 punctate. Larch stumps. Aug. Oct. Rare, (v.v.) 



2005. P. rhodella Fr. pooov, a rose 

 P. 5-11 cm., white flesh colour, effused, thin, adnate, soft; margin 



determinate, naked. Pores white flesh colour, short, minute, somewhat 

 round, pruinose, continuous, or in patches. Spores hyaline, "ovoid 

 spherical, 6/u," Quel. Beech, and conifer trunks. Aug. Rare. 



****Pores red. 



2006. P. tufa (Schrad.) Fr. Rostk. Polyp, t. 62, as Polyporus haema- 

 todus Rostk. Rufa, red. 



P. 2-8 cm., blood-red-rufous, effused, coriaceous, thin, adnate, even, 

 smooth, determinate; margin byssoid when young. Pores concolorous, 

 very small, thin, acute. Dead branches, and prostrate trunks of 

 beech, broom, and bird cherry. Rare. 



2007. P. fusco-carnea (Pers.) Fr. Fuscus, dusky; carnea, flesh colour. 

 P. 5-15 cm., fuscous purple, effused, thin; margin definite, here and 



there inflexed, thick, tomentose. Pores fawn colour, or vinous brown, 

 1-5-4 mm. long, somewhat round. Rotten wood, and putrid trunks. 

 Rare 



