POLYPORUS. 



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LXVI. Polyporus -versicolor. 

 One-half natural size. 



On dead wood. Exceedingly common. April-Dec. 



More or less imbricated. Pileus 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) broad. Name versicolor, 

 changeable in colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 568. Berk. Out. p. 248. C. Hbk n. 794. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 746. Hussey i. /. 24. 

 Linn. Bull. t. 86. Bolt. t. 81. Sow. t. 229. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1554. Schaff. t. 263. Sterb. t. 

 27. K. Batt. t.^.A. 



83. P. abietinus Fr. Pileus cin- 

 ereous-white, coriaceous, thin, effuso- 

 reflexed, villous, obsoletely zoned. 

 Pores unequal, torn, violaceous be- 

 coming pale. 



There is no species more easily distin- 

 guished, though it is sometimes wholly re- 

 supinate, sometimes reflexed, if only once it 

 has been rightly identified when in full vig- 

 our, and if distinct species are not sought 

 for in old (washed out) and dry specimens. 



On fir. Common. July-Nov. 



Fries says it is "the mother of vast confusion." Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) 

 broad. Often stained with minute green Algce. M.J.B. Name abies, fir. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 569. Berk. Out. p. 249. C. Hbk. n. 795. S. Mycol. Scot. 

 n. 747. Grev. t. 226. Fl. Dan. t. 2079. / 2. Dicks. Crypt. 3. t. 9. /. 9. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1298. 



84. P. Wynne! B. & Br. Confluent, variable in form. Pileus 

 tan-colour, adnate behind, effuso-reflexed, marked with silky 

 raised lines. Pores small, angular, white. 



Incrusting various substances, with the margin more or less broadly re- 

 flected. Pores sV in. across, acquiring a slight tint like that of the pileus in 

 drying. Somewhat of the habit of P. amorphus, but not so fleshy in texture. 



Running over twigs, grass, &c. Coed Coch, &c. 



Name after Mrs Lloyd Wynne. B. & Br. n. 807. Berk. Out. p. 249. 

 C. Hbk. n. 796. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 569. 



V. RESUPINATI. Pileus none, &c. 



* Pores fuscous or blackish. 



No British species. 



** Pores ferruginous or cinnamon. 



85. P. umbrinus Fr. Rufous-umber, resupinate, determinate, 

 undulato-tubercular, defined by a smooth, paler margin. Pores 



Polyporus. 



