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POLYPOREI. 



Poiyporus. #* Pileus very smooth. 



No British species. 



II. PLEUROPUS. Pileus pliant or corky &c. 



A. Lenti. Pileus fleshy '-pliant, &c. 



* Pileus scaly orfloccose. 



9. P. squamosus Fr. Pileus 3 in.-i^ ft. broad, somewhat 

 ochraceous, variegated with broad, adpressed, spot-like, centri- 

 fugal, darker scales, fleshy pliant, fan- 

 shaped, flattened. Stem excentric 

 and lateral, obese, reticulated at the 

 apex, blackish at the base. Pores 

 thin, variable (at first minute), then 

 large angular and torn, pallid. 



Handsome, commonly very large, some- 

 what central and umbilicate when young, at 

 length lateral, very variable in shape. 



On trunks and stumps, chiefly ash. 

 Common. May-Nov. 



When young a mere swollen blackish 



lump. Spores oval, white, 14 x 6 mk, 



W.G.S. Name squama, a scale. Scaly. 



Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 532. Syst. Myc. \. p. 



343. 'Berk. Out. p. 238. C. Hbk. n. 742. 



S. Mycol. Scot. n. 698. Grev. t. 207. 



Rostk. t. 2. Ventur. t. 37. Hussey \. t. 33. 



Huds. Bolt. t. 77. Schaff. t. 101, 102. 



Bull. t. 19. Harz. t. 32. Fl. Dan. t. 983, 1196. Paul. t. 16. Sterb. t. 13, 

 14. B. pileus fuliginous. 



10. P. Michelii Fr. Pileus 5-7.5 cent (2-3 in.) broad, yellow- 

 ish-white, fleshy-pliant, depressed, repand, slightly silky, some- 

 what squamulose. Stem 4 cent. (i% in.) long, somewhat lateral, 

 bulbous, rough, white, becoming fuscous at the base. Pores 

 large, somewhat round-oblong, entire, white. 



Allied to P. squamosus. 

 On stumps. Penzance. 



Name after Micheli. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 533. Syst. Myc. i. /. 343. 

 B. &> Br. n. 1963. Rostk. t. i.Mich. t. 6i./ 2. 



11. P. melanopus Fr. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 white then yellowish-fuscous, fleshy-pliant, plane then infundi- 

 buliform, at first delicately flocculose; flesh thick, white, soft, not 



LXIV. Polyporus squamosi 

 One-seventh natural size. 



