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lengthened out, lying one upon another in an imbricated 

 manner. The colour is white at first, when old it changes 

 to a yellow-brown, and at last to a dirty, fuscous black. 

 (Bolton.) 



Irpex carneus. Fr. 



Eeddish, thin, effused, cartilagineo-gelatinous, 1-3 in. long; 

 teeth obtuse, awl-shaped, entire, united at the base. 



Irpex carneus, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. 622 ; Stev., Fung., p. 250 ; 

 Fries, Elenchus, p. 148. 



On wood and bark. Fries places the present species in 

 Irpex with a query ; it is placed in Badulum by Fuckel. 



Irpex Johnston!. Berk. 



Eesupinate, 1-2 in. long, pure white, thin, separable, 

 circumference naked ; teeth compressed, unequal, crowded, 

 in irregular rows, 1 line or more in length. 



Irpex Johnstoni, Berk., Outl., p. 262; Stev., Fung., p. 250. 



On dead beech, &c. Closely resembling a Hydnum, but 

 careful examination shows that the teeth spring from fine 

 folds. 



Two inches long, effused, with the margin reflexed all 

 round, and the teeth exactly resembling those of many true 

 species of Hydnum, but on minute inspection, they will be 

 found to be seated on fine folds, and disposed in rows. (Berk, 

 and Broome.) 



Irpex deformis. Fr. 



^Vhite, effused, thin, adnate, margin byssoid ; teeth rather 

 crowded, awl-shaped, springing from folds that form small 

 shallow pores, more or less incised, 1-2 lines long. 



Irpex deformis, Fries, Elench., p. 147 ; Stev., Fung., p. 250. 



On wood. Effused for several inches, resembling a Poly- 

 porus with the pores torn into shreds almost to the base, if 

 indeed it is in reality anything more. 



Irpex fusco-violaceus. Fr. 



Pileus often broadly elongated, effuso-reflexed, coriaceous, 

 thin, zoned, silky, greyish; teeth in irregular rows, plate- 

 like, incised at the apex, violet-brown. 



Irpex fusco-violaceus, Fr., Elench., p. 144; Stev., B. Fung., 

 p. 249. 



