350 POLYPORACE.E Fomes 



1583a. F. Euonymi W. G. Sm., Polyporus Eucnymi Kalchb. (from its 



host plant, Euonymns europceus} a c. 



P. fleshy, rugose, cinnamon, darker with age, salmon at the marg., 

 edge white. T. short, minute, cinnamon. Po. minute, salmon 

 or whitish-cinnamon. Flesh cinnamon. 



Mass 3! X 3J in., projection 2 ins. Tubes sometimes multi-stratose, with 

 flesh of pileus reduced to ^ in. thick. Closely allied to F. Lonicera, 



1584. F. Ribis Cooke (from its habitat, currant and gooseberry bushes ; 



ribes, currant) a b c. 



P. thick, somewhat sulcato-zoned, effused amongst branches, 

 somewhat even, indistinctly zoned, velvety, orange- or brown- 

 sienna, becoming slate-brown behind. T. short, colour as 

 flesh. Po. very small, yellow-sienna becoming sepia-cinnamon, 

 Flesh corky-coriaceous to soft, brownish sienna-orange. 



Connato-imbricate. Perennial. Common. April-July. Group 3! in. diam. 

 P. 2^ in. diam. Substance suitable for tinder. The same as 1582 and 

 1583a according to Bresadola. 



1585. F. salieinus Karst. (from its habitat, willow, salix) a c. 



P. undulate, whitish-brown, yellowish-brown or black, 3-8 zoned, 

 dark-umber. T. deep umber-sienna. Po. very small, ferru- 

 ginous-cinnamon ; marg. barren. Flesh woody, very hard, 

 whitish- or yellowish-brown. 



Caespitoso-imbricate, for the most part or wholly resupinate. Common. 

 Group 3$ in. in diam. P. if in. diam. A form of 1583, according to 

 Bresadola. Ceriomyces (Ptychogaster} spongia is said by Saccardo to be an 

 imperfect state of this. 



1586. F. roseus Cooke (from its rose colour) a b c. 



P. thin, somewhat flattened, even, subrugose, shining dull rose 

 or rose-red, dark zoned; marg. dark. T. somewhat long; 

 marg. barren. Po. minute, colour as P. Flesh corky-woody, 

 floccoso-fibrous, colour as P. or paler. 



Imbricate, caespitose. Stumps, apple, dressed wood. Oct. P. 2 in. diam. 

 Colour permanent in drying. The same as F. rufopallidus and 1592 

 according to Bresadola. 



1587. F. ulmarius Cooke (from its habitat, elm, ulmus) a b c. 



P. thick, convex, tubercular, uneven, becoming smooth, white to 

 leather-buff, blackish in old examples ; marg. white, becoming 

 tawny. T. single to 6-stratose, ivory, bright salmon or burr- 

 vinous, brown in decay. Flesh corky- woody, very hard, 

 white. 



Connato-imbricate. Single. Odour disagreeable. Inside old elms. Sept.- 

 Feb. P. 6| in. diam. 



1588. F. eytisinus Cooke (from one of its habitats, laburnum, 



Cytisns] a b. 

 P. thick, convex, smooth, whitish, biscuit, or pale brownish. T. 



