PANUS. 309 



Panus torulosus, Fries, Epicr., p. 397 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 358 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 1149u. 



On stumps, trunks, &c. 



Common on dead birch trunks. Very variable in shape, 

 at first tough then coriaceous. Stem solid, short (usually 

 1 in. long), oblique, tough, firm, usually with grey but 

 sometimes with violet down or tomentum. Pileus entire 

 but very excentric, much more fleshy than in P. concJiatus ; 

 rather compact when young, plane then infundibuliform, 

 2-3 in. broad, even, glabrous, rather fleshy, varies from 

 livid-rufous to a violet tinge. Flesh pallid. Gills decurrent, 

 rather distant, distinct behind, reddish then pale tan-colour. 

 The indumentum on the stem resembles that of Paxillus 

 atro-tomentosus. (Fries.) 



** Stem lateral 



Panus stypticus. Fr. (fig. 7, p. 301.) 



Taste hot and pungent, Thin, flexible, |-l i n - across, 

 reniform, cinnamon then yellowish buff, cuticle broken up 

 into mealy granules; gills narrow, rather close, connected 

 by thin transverse ridges, cinnamon ; stem lateral, very 

 short, flattened ; spores 3x1' 5-2 p.. 



Panus stypticus, Fries, Epicr., p. 399; Cke., Illust., 

 t. 1114A. 



On decaying stumps, trunks, &c. 



Usually densely imbricated, the short stems being con- 

 fluent. 



Gregarious, caespitose, remarkable for the astringent 

 taste. Stem solid, distinctly lateral, compressed, dilated 

 upwards, not reaching 1 in. in length, ascending, pruinose, 

 paler than the gills. Pileus dry, thin, but not membrana- 

 ceous, reniform, i-1 in. broad, pruinose, cinnamon becoming 

 pale, cuticle broken up into minute scurfy squamules. Gills 

 determinate, not decurrent, thin, very narrow, crowded, 

 beautifully connected by veins, cinnamon. (Fries.) 



Panus farinaceus. Schum. 



Pileus somewhat coriaceous, wavy, cinnamon-umber, the 

 cuticle breaking up into greyish white scurf which eventually 



