188 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Polyporus ( = Poria), but distinguished by the soft nature of 

 the hymenophore. 



Merulius porinoides. Fr. 



Thin, crustaceo-adnate, margin byssoid, white, hyraenium 

 dingy yellow, folds poriform. 



Merulius porinoides, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 329; Stev., 

 Brit. Fung., p. 229. 



On dead wood, chips, bark, &c.,and on the ground. Often 

 forming patches 1-3 in. across. 



** Kesupinato-effused, separable, thin, under-surface and margin 

 byssoid orfibrillose. 



Merulius laeticolor. B. & Br. 



Eesupinate, adnate, bright orange ; margin tomentose, 

 white ; hymenium even, then plicato-rugose, folds distant ; 

 spores subglobose, 67 /A diam. 



Merulius laeticolor, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 1681 ; Stev., 

 Fung., p. 228. 



On sawdust and leaves. Eesembling M. aureus, a species 

 not yet found in Britain, but known by its brighter orange 

 colour and white byssoid margin. 



Merulius molluscus. Fr. 



Effused, thin, soft, membranaceous, margin byssoid, white ; 

 folds of hymenium poroso-gyrose, flesh-colour, spores ellip- 

 tical, 4 x 3 p,. 



Merulius molluscus, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 329 ; Stev., Fung., 

 p. 229. 



On wood and branches. Sometimes shortly reflexed, with 

 the hymenium gyroso-dentate from the first, and not reticu- 

 lated. Hymenium often brown with age. Effused for 1-3 

 in. 



Merulius himantioides. Fr. 



Effused, very soft, silky, lilac, margin byssoid ; hymenium 

 dingy yellow or with an olive tinge, folds irregular, forming 

 vague pores ; spores yellowish, broadly elliptical, 78 X 6 //.. 



Merulius himantioides, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 329; Stev., 

 Fung., p. 228. 



On pine wood, club-mosses, &c. Somewhat resembling 

 M. lacrymans, but thinner and not pulverulent. 



