246 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Polyporus crispus, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 550 ; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung., p. 200. 



On old stumps, &c. Distinguished at once from allied 

 species by the coarsely fibrillose radiately rugulose pileus ; 

 pores average about three in the space of 1 mm., but very 

 aften collapsing and becoming much torn and Daedalea-like. 



Imbricated, thin, sometimes resupinate, obsoletely zoned. 

 Pores much larger than in Polyporus adustus, acute, unequal, 

 colour smoky, margin blackish. (Fries.) 



Polyporus nidulans. Fr. 



Pileus fleshy, very soft, subpulvinate, convex above and 

 below, villous then smooth, zoneless, yellowish-red, similarly 

 coloured inside ; tubes elongated, pores rather large, unequal, 

 angular, tawny, with a tinge of brick-red. 



Polyporus nidulans, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 364; Cooke, 

 Hdbk., p. 270. 



On trunks and fallen branches. 



Fragrant when dry, remarkable for its soft substance. 

 Pores larger than in neighbouring species (P. rutilans, P. 

 gilvus, &c.), margin spreading, rather obtuse. There are two 

 forms, one gilvous, the other inclining to flesh-colour. 

 (Fries.) 



Fragrant when dry; colour of the pileus rufescent or 

 yellowish ; margin spreading;, somewhat obtuse. (Cooke.) 



Colour variable, generally pale ochraceous, but also 

 reddish, rusty-fulvous, &c. Substance very soft, elastic, 

 coloured like the pileus. Pileus usually elongated, of 

 variable size (also resupinate), ^-1 in. thick. Pores deep, 

 round, oblong-quadrangular or flexuous. (Fries.) 



Polyporus mollis. Fr. 



Pileus 1-5 in. long, ^-1 in. broad, brownish flesh-colour, 

 fleshy-fibrous, soft, effuso-reflexed, rugose, margin acute; 

 flesh up to ^ in. thick, white ; tubes 23 lines long, pores 

 unequal, soft, white, elongated and wavy, becoming reddish 

 when touched. 



Polyporus mollis, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 360; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung., p. 198. 



On dead pine wood. Pores up to 1 mm. in length. Not 

 watery, but soft to the touch. Several specimens often 



