338 POLYPORACE^: Polyporus 



1525. P. perennis Fr. (from its perennial habit) a b c. 



P. plano-infundibuliform, velvety to smooth, thin, pale yellowish- 

 brown, zoned darker ; marg. fimbriate. St. uneven, attenuate 

 upwards, velvety, vinous-umber, pale sienna below. T. de- 

 current, short, pale umber. Po. small, torn, at first with a 

 white bloom. Flesh pale vinous-umber. 



On and about stumps, beech, burnt ground; frequent. July -Jan. 

 2 X ij X | in. 



1526. P. einnamomeus Sacc. (from the cinnamon colour of the pileus) 



ab. 



P. piano-depressed or subinfundibuliform, velvety to smooth, 

 thin, leathery, flaccid, bright sienna-cinnamon, zoned deep rich 

 brown. St. usually attenuate downwards, base sometimes 

 tuberous, colour as P. T. adnate to adnato-decurrent, short, 

 brownish-cinnamon, fulvous when dry. Po. large. Flesh rich 

 sienna-cinnamon. 



Solitary or in rows to subcaespitose. On the ground, under trees, burnt 

 places. Oct. 3^ X f X \ in. Pileus sometimes almost jet black. 



PLEUROPOD^:. 

 a. Lenta. 



1527. P. squamosus Fr. (from the scaly pileus ; sguama, a scale) 



a b c. 



P. fan-shaped, flat, pale brownish, sienna-brown-scaly. St. 

 yellowish-umber, black-spotted, blackish at base. T. decurrent, 

 short. Po. toothed, yellowish-white, like the pores of tripe. 

 Flesh white. 



Single to caespitose or imbricate. Odour rank. Trunks and stumps, ash, 

 mulberry, walnut, maple, wych elm ; common. Sometimes 2 ft. 6 in. in 

 diam. and 34 Ibs. in weight. April-Nov. I ft. 4 in. x if X i| in. The 

 flesh makes good razor-strops, but is often larva pierced. In the British 

 Museum collection of drawings Bolton illustrates an antler-like form of 

 this species, growing from a dark brown sclerotioid base. 



1528. P. Michelii Fr. (after Pier' Antonio Micheli) a. 



P. spathulate, slightly silky, yellowish-white with darker sq. St. 



equal, rough, white, becoming fuscous at base. T. decurrent, 



short. Po. large, entire, white. 

 Somewhat csespitose. Stumps, willow. 2f x f X in. 



1529. P. melanopus Fr. (from the black stem; Gr. me/as, black, 



pouS) a foot) a b c. 

 P. subinfundibuliform, delicately flocculose to smooth, somewhat 



thick, pale yellowish. St. attenuate upwards, somewhat velvety, 



umber, rich brown or black. T. decurrent, short, white. Po. 



minute. 

 Somewhat csespitose. Dead wood, roots ; uncommon. Aug. - Oct. 



2 X i X | in. 



