208 POLYPOREI. 



Polyporus. On old ash. Frequent. May-Nov. 



Solitary or imbricated. Smell strong and penetrating. M.J.B. Spores 

 ovoid-sphaeroid, 6-7 mk. Q. Namefraxinus, ash-tree. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 563. Berk. Out. p. 247. C. Hbk. n. 784. S. My col. Scot. n. 741. Bull. t. 

 433- / 2. 



71. P. variegatus Seer. Pileus variegated orange and bay- 

 brown, corky-woody, somewhat plane, even, smooth, zoneless, 

 shining, pallid within. Pores round, minute, curt, unequal and 

 torn, yellowish. 



With the habit of P. varius, but decurrent at the base as is usual in this 

 section. Sowerby compares it with P. lucidus as regards its substance. 



On trunks. Rare. 



Name variegatus, variegated. From the colours. Seer. n. 45. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 563. Berk. Out. p. 247. C. Hbk. n. 786. Sow. t. 368." 



72. P. carneus Nees. Pileus flesh-colour, of the same colour 

 internally, effuso-reflexed, woody, hard, thin, rugose, smooth, 

 zoneless. Pores minute, round, decurrent at the base. 



Smaller and thinner than P. fraxineus and P. variegatus, but hard and 

 perennial. 



, On old stump. Welshpool, 1871. Nov. 



Name caro, flesh. Flesh-colour. Nees Nov. Act. Nat. Curios, xlii. t. 3. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 563. B. & Br. n. 1366. 



73. P. annosus Fr. Pileus woody, convex then becoming 

 plane, rugoso-tubercular, in the first season brown and silky, in 

 the second and subsequent seasons covered with a rigid, smooth, 

 blackish crust, white within. Pores of medium size, whitish. 



A. Pileus reflexed, pores obtuse. B. Pileus wholly resupinate, pores un- 

 equal. Very variable in form, but very distinct. 



About roots of stumps, c. Very common. April-Dec. 



Forming masses 3 in.-i^ ft. wide of imbricated, rugged, or radiato-striate 

 brown pilei, marked with strong vaulted zones. M.J.B. Name annus, a 

 year. From its growing yearly. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 564. Icon. t. 186. f. 2. 

 Berk. Out. p. 247. C. Hbk. n. 788. S. Mycol. Scot. n. jqz.Rostk. 4. t. 29. 



74. P. populinus Fr. White. Pileus 12 mm. ( l / 2 in.) broad, 

 corky-woody, rigid, zoneless, mllous, of the same colour inter- 

 nally, margin obtuse. Pores minute, curt, round. 



Imbricated, growing into each other at the decurrent base, transversely 

 dilated. Not stratose. 



On trunks of poplar. Uffington, Lincolnshire. 



Very much the habit of P. connatus. B. & Br. Name pop\ 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 564. Syst. Myc. i. /. 367. B. & Br. n. 1288. 



