368 POLY FORAGED Mmiliiis 



LXVIII. MERULIUS Halle. 



(From the common colours of the hymenium, yellow or orange, 

 or partially black, the colours of the beak and plumage of the 

 blackbird, merula.) 



Resupinate. Pileus, when present, effuso-reflexed. Stem none. 

 Hymenophore a soft, woven, mucedinous mycelium, covered with the 



Fig. 83. Merulins lacrymans Schum., entire and 

 section above. One-third natural size. 



waxy-soft, porous, gyrose or obsoletely toothed hymenium. Spores 

 white or ferruginous. On wood, sawdust, leaves, mosses, etc., rarely 

 on the ground. (Fig. 83.) Species 1666a 1681 



a. Leptosporce. Spores white. 



Pileus effuso-reflexed, circumference determinate. 



1666a 1669 



Resupinato-effused, flaxy-membranous, separating, flaxy 

 beneath and at the circumference. 1670 1674 



Crustaceo-adnate, somewhat flaxy at the circumference. 



16751679 



b. Coniophorcz. Spores ferruginous. Hymenium at length 



pulverulent with spores. 1680, 1681 



a. Leptosporce. 



1666a. M. confluens Schwein. (from the habit, small growths 



becoming confluent into large patches) a. 



Resupinate, longitudinally effused, somewhat fleshy, vinous 

 biscuit-colour ; marg. free, inflexed, subtomentose, biscuit- 

 colour. Po. very small, uneven, reticulate. 



When the small patches become confluent, the lines of junction become raised 

 as irregular hexagons. Branches, alder. Aug. Small growths papillate, 

 about | in. diam. Confluent masses about 3-4 in. 



