Polyporacese 



Poiyporus. apply with exceptional force to the cooking of P. intybaceus. If it is 

 cut in thin slices across the grain and slowly stewed for half an hour it 

 will be tender and of good flavor. It can then be served in that way, 

 or made into patties or croquettes. 



P. crista'tus Fr. crista, a crest. Branched, firmly fleshy, fragile. 

 Pileoli about 3 in. broad, reddish-green, entire and dimidiate, imbri- 

 cated, depressed, somewhat pulverulent-villous, then cracked into scales. 

 Stems connate, irregularly shaped, white. Pores minute, angular and 

 torn, whitish. Fries. 



Very changeable in form, sometimes simple with an undulato-lobed, 

 central pileus. 



Edible. Curtis. 



Mt. Gretna, Pa., Woodland Cemetery, Philadephia, West Virginia. 

 On ground over roots, open woods and grassy places. September, 

 October. Mcllvaine. 



Variable in form, but usually in rose-shaped clusters, which are 

 slightly greenish at times ; oftener shades of yellow. The substance is 

 the same in texture as P. intybaceus. Cook in same manner. 



P. COn'fluens Fr. stems confluent; adherent. Pile! branched, fleshy, 

 fragile, thick, dimidiate, imbricated, confluent, smooth, fleshy-yellow 

 becoming obscure, slightly scaly. Stem short. Pores short, minute, 

 pallid-white. 



Eaten about Nice; savor a little sharp. Cordier; North Carolina, 

 superior eating. Curtis. Pine woods. New Scotland. September. 



Our specimens are not at all squamulose, and this character is not 

 attributed to the species by all authors. It is probable that it is not 

 uniform in this respect. Peck, 39th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



P. Berk'eleyi Fr. Very much branched. Pileoli very large, subzon- 

 ate, finally tomentose, yellowish, fleshy, tough becoming corky and 

 hard. Stem short or none, arising from a long and thick common base 

 growing out of the ground usually near trees or stumps. Pores rather 

 large, irregular, angular, pale yellowish. 



A magnificent specimen found near Boston a dozen years ago and 

 exhibited in the window of Doyle, the florist, was fully four feet high 

 and from two to three feet broad, containing very many pileoli. 



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