MERULIUS 621 



at length free, reflexed, villose beneath. Folds flesh colour, or pale 

 tan, reticulato-porous, thin. Flesh soft, leathery, flexible, tough. 

 Spores white, oblong elliptical, 6-9 x 3-5-4 /A. Cystidia "none. 

 Hyphae loosely interwoven, hyaline, septate, 3-4/4 in diam." Burt. 

 Dead wood, and branches. Jan. Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



2095. M. niveus Fr. Niveus, snow white. 

 K. 1-5 cm., snow white, resupinate, effuso-reflexed, adnate at the 



centre, free elsewhere, smooth. Folds snow white, rugose, subreticulate. 

 Flesh very soft, spongy, thin, becoming membranaceous and papery 

 when dry. Spores white, broadly elliptical, 8 x 5 6 /A, "slightly 

 curved, 4-5 x -5-1 /x" Burt. Dead alder branches. Nov. Rare, (v.v.) 



ffResupinato-effused, flaxy membranaceous, separable, 

 margin and underside byssoid. 



2096. M. laeticolor B. & Br. (= Merulius fugax Fr. sec. Romell.) 



Laetus, bright; color, colour. 



R. 7-8 cm., bright orange, resupinate, effused, adnate ; margin white, 

 byssoid. Folds concolorous, at first even, then plicato-rugose, distant. 

 Flesh thin. Spores "white, subglobose, 6-7 jj," Massee. Sawdust, and 

 leaves and branches of oak, pine, and mountain ash. Oct. Nov. 

 Rare, (v.v.) 



ftfCrustoso-adnate, margin somewhat byssoid. 



2097. M. porinoides Fr. 770/309, a pore; etSo?, like. 

 R. 2-11 cm., light dingy yellow, resupinate, crustaceo-adnate ; 



margin white, byssoid. Folds concolorous, poriform, large, round, 

 distant. Flesh very thin. Spores white, globose, 3/i. Dead wood, 

 chips, bark, and leaves. Sept. Dec. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2098. M. rufus (Pers.) Fr. Pers. Myc. Eur. n, t. 16, figs. 1, 2, as 

 Xylomyzon isoporum Pers. Rufus, red. 



R. 2-8 cm., red flesh colour, resupinate, effused, crustaceo-adnate, 

 often immersed in the wood, smooth; margin somewhat naked. Folds 

 concolorous, porose, equal, angular. Flesh waxy soft. Spores white, 

 pip-shaped, slightly curved, 5-6 x 2-3 p. Cystidia none. "Hyphae 

 loosely interwoven, hyaline, 3-3-5ju, in diam." Burt. Rotten oak, and 

 hornbeam wood and posts. May Feb. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2099. M. serpens (Tode) Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 193, fig. 3. 



Serpens, creeping. 



R. 3-15 cm., pallid, becoming red, resupinate, crustaceo-adnate, be- 

 coming smooth; margin white, byssoid. Folds concolorous, at first in 

 the form of wrinkles, then porous, angular, entire. Flesh thin. Spores 

 white, cylindrical, curved, 4 x 2/x, 2-guttulate. Dead branches of 

 conifers, lime and ash, and on cones. Oct. March. Rare, (v.v.) 



