Polyporaceee 



P. frondo'silS Fr. frons, a leafy branch. (Plate CXXVIII, p. 482.) 

 Tuft /4 i ft. broad, very much branched, fibrous-fleshy, toughish. 

 Pileoli very numerous, * 2 in., sooty-gray, dimidiate, wrinkled, lobed, 

 intricately recurved. Flesh white. Stems growing into each other, 

 white. Pores rather tender, very small, acute, white. 



Pores commonly round, but in an oblique position, gaping open and 

 torn. Fries. 



North Carolina, Curtis; Iowa, Macbride; New York, Peck, 24th 

 Rep.; West Virginia, 1881-1885, Chester county, Angora, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. On stumps, roots, etc. Rare. September to frost, Mcllvaine. 



Edible. Curtis. Sold in the Roman market. 



Tufts up to 12 in. across; the branches very numerous, up to 2 in. 

 wide. The plant is tender when young and grows tough as it matures. 

 When young it is of good flavor and edible older it makes a well- 

 flavored gravy, or is edible if chopped fine and very well cooked. 



(Plate CXXIX.) 



P. intyba'ceus Fr. succory-like. Very much branched, fleshy, 

 somewhat fragile. Pileoli very nu- 

 merous, pale-yellowish inclining to 

 fuscous, dimidiate, stretched out, sin- 

 uate, at length spathulate. Stems 

 connate in a very short trunk. Pores 

 firm, obtuse, white, inclining to dingy- 

 brown. Fries. 



About same size as P. frondosus 

 and larger. Stevenson. 



Spores colorless, elliptical, 7x3.5^ 

 Massee; 6x3/u, W.G.S. 



Tndiana, H. I. Miller. Base of 



living trees. Woodland Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Pa., Mt. Gretna, 

 Pa., West Virginia, New Jersey. Large tufts growing from oak roots 

 in ground and at base of oak trees. Mcllvaine. 



Edible. Stevenson. Paulet says; In place of its being heavy upon 

 the stomach, he will feel all the lighter who sups upon it. 



The people of the Vosges call it the Hen-of- the- Woods. 



The words of the old song 



"So very much depends upon 

 The way in which it's done," 

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POLYPORUS IXTYBACEUS. 



