POEIA. 201 



Poria blepharistoma. B. & Br. 



Entirely resupinate, very thin, snow-white, mycelium 

 cobweb-like, somewhat pulverulent ; pores small, dissepi- 

 ments thin, edge finely toothed, spores elliptical, apiculate, 

 colourless, 5 x 3 /*. 



Polyporus Uepliaristoma, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 1434 ; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung., p. 220. 



On dead wood, branches, &c. Forming exceedingly thin, 

 persistently snow-white patches 1-2 in. across. Pores 

 exceedingly shallow, about ^ mm. across. 



Poria farinella. Fr. 



White, broadly and irregularly effused, thin, mycelium 

 floccose or pulverulent, not interwoven ; pores forming a 

 continuous stratum, unequal, somewhat flexuous and intri- 

 cate, dissepiments thin. 



Polyporus farinellus, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 384; Stev., 

 Brit. Fung., p. 220. 



On dead beech wood, &c. Very variable, almost dis- 

 appearing on being touched, with the substance of Corticium 

 sambuci. Pores about ^ mm. across. 



Poria reticulata. Fr. 



Orbicular, white, thin, soon disappearing, margin floccose, 

 byssoid, radiating, pores distant, resembling cup-shaped 

 depressions in the substance. 



Polyporus reticulatus, Fries, Syst., Myc. i. p. 355 ; Stev., 

 Brit. Fung., p. 220. 



On rotten wood. The dissepiments of the rather large, 

 shallow pores resembling a network, pores about ^ mm. 

 across. 



Poria Vaillantii. Fr. 



White, thin, the cord-like spreading mycelium connected 

 imperfectly by a membranaceous expansion ; pores short, 

 rather large, unequal, produced here and there in clusters, 

 dissepiments thin. 



Polyporus Vaillantii, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 383; Stev., 

 Brit. Fung., p. 219. 



On dead wood. Perhaps an abnormal or imperfectly 

 developed condition of some species. The principal feature 

 is the spreading, cord-like, white mycelium connected by a 



