196 FUNGUS-FLOE A. 



1 in. thick at point of attachment, becoming thin towards 

 the margin; pileus whitish, smooth, even, zoneless, villous ; 

 flesh thick, soft, and corky, whitish ; pores -|-^ in. deep, 

 round and fairly regular, small, pale ochraceous ; odour 

 fragrant, spicy. 



Trametes odora, Fries, Epicr., p. 491 ; Stev., Brit. Fung., 

 p. 222. 



On willow. Eesembling Trametes suaveolens, from which 

 it differs in the shorter, and much smaller, regular, round 

 pores that average about two in the space of 1 mm., dis- 

 sepiments thick. 



Trametes inodora. Fr. 



Inodorous, 2-3 in. across, ^-f in. thick at base, tapering 

 to a thin acute margin; pileus minutely velvety, white or 

 tinged yellow and often obsoletely zoned, flesh white, corky ; 

 pores |~J in. deep, persistently whitish, small, subangular 

 or usually elongated. 



Trametes inodora, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 584; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung., p. 223. 



On stumps, &c. Distinguished amongst the white hori- 

 zontal forms by being inodorous, and the persistent white 

 colour of the pores, which average about ^-- mm. wide and 

 1-1 Jr mm. in length; sometimes roundish. The pileus is 

 sometimes tinged with pink at the base, and when dry often 

 has faint yellow zones. 



** Besupinate. 



Trametes serpens. Fr. 



White, resupinate, closely adnate, inseparable, margin 

 determinate, pubescent, at first erumpent, orbicular, then 

 confluent and forming elongated patches ; pores very shallow, 

 rounded or angular, unequal. 



Trametes serpens, Fries, Hym. Eur. i. p. 586 ; Stev., Fung., 

 p. 223. 



Polyporus StepJiensii, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 356. 



On bark. Thickness, including pores about ^ in. thick ; 

 pores very shallow, pit-like, about 1 mm. across. The entire 

 fungus becomes pale ochraceous with age. 



