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HAD. \Voods and pastures, frequent, Light/,, Hopk. Autumn. 



4. B. luteus, tubes deep yellow, pileus deep bay striated, stipes 

 dirty white, ring permanent. With, p. 312. Sow. t. 205. 

 B. cortinaius, Pers. p. 503. 



HAB. Woods, and sometimes in pastures. In Carmyle and Bothwell 

 woods. Woods, Dougalston ; near Glasg. Autumn, plentiful. 

 Hopk. 



** Stipes lateral. 



5. B. lucidus, tubes white, pileus chesnut coloured shining, stipes 

 hard uneven chesuut coloured shining. Sow. t. 134. B. ru- 

 gosus, IVith. p. 3 15. 



HAB. Stumps of trees, rare. Woods, Bothwell. July Sept. Hopk. 



6. B. squamosus, tubes yellow white, pores large angular, pileus 

 pale buff pencilled with feather-like scales. AF/7 /?./>. 316. 

 Sow. t. 266. B. cellulosus, Lighlf. p. 1032. 



HAB. Stumps of trees, frequent. June Sept. Lightf., Hopk. 



The stipes varies much in length, is sometimes branched, and instead 

 of terminating with a pileus is acuminated. This state of it is the 

 B. rangiferinus, With. A plant of this species, Mr. Hopkirk tells 

 us, has regularly made its appearance for several years past, on the 

 stump of an ash, at Dalbeth, near Glasgow. In 1810 it attained 

 an extraordinary size, being seven feet five inches in circumference, 

 and weighing, after having been cut four days, thirty-four pounds 

 avoird. It was only four weeks in attaining the above size, gaining 

 thus an acquisition of weight, of above one pound three ounces in 

 the day. 



7. B. lateralis, tubes yellow very short, pileus dead yellow thin 

 smooth, stem yellow. With. p. 3 1 8. B. iiummularius. Sow. 

 t.89. 



HAB. On the trunks of trees, but not common. Aug., Sept. Hopk. 

 At Woodside, Urc. 



*** Destitute of stipes. 



8. B. salicinus, tubes white to tawny very short, pileus semi- 

 circular whitish smooth thin soft leathery. lP'il/i.p.319. 

 Sow. t. 227. B. alfas, Lightf. p. 1037. 



HAB. Trunks of old willows, in a wood near Laswade, Dr. Parsons. 



9. B. suberosus, tubes white pointed, pores irregular, pileus 

 white convex smooth thin. With. p. 318. Sow. t. 288. 

 Lightf. p. 1031. 



HAB. Trunks of hollow trees. Auti'mn. Lightf. 



10. B. sponaiosus, pores whitish fringed angular, pileus brown 

 woolly. With. p. 1033. Lightf . p. 1033. B. vtluiinus f 

 Sow. t. 345. 



HAB. On the trunks of trees. July. Lightf. 



11. B. versicolor, tubes white, pileus striped with different co- 

 lours, With. t. o2\ , Sow. t. 229. Ltghtf. p. 1036. 



