238 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUXGOI.OGY. 



5. P. Schweinitzii, Fr. ; pileus thick, spongy, then corky, 

 strigoso-tomeutose, rough, bright-brown ; stem thick, very 

 short or obsolete, ferruginous ; pores large, often torn and 

 irregular, sulphur-green. — Sv. Bot. t. 720. 



Amongst the roots of pines. Very rare. Dorsetshire, 

 C. E. B. The first specimens found, which exactly agree 

 with P. Schweinitzii, var. dimidiatus, were referred, because 

 of the total absence of a stem, to P. Herheryii, Rostk. 



G. P. rufescens, Fr. ; flesh-coloured ; pileus spongy, then 

 corky, soft, unequal, hairy ; stem short, irregular ; pores large, 

 sinuated and torn, white, tinged with flesh-colour. — Soio. 190. 



On the ground, about stumps. Not uncommon. Sometimes 

 very beautiful. Stem often lateral, and in densely imbricated 

 specimens sometimes obsolete. 



7. P. perennis, Fr. ; cinnamon, then bright-brown ; pilous 

 coriaceous, then plano-infuudibuliform, velvety, at length 

 smooth, zoned ; stem firm, thickened below, velvety ; pores 

 minute, angular, acute, at first veiled with a white substance, 

 then naked and torn. — Sow. t. 192 ; Huss. i. t. 51. 



On the ground and on stumps, mostly in subalpine countries. 

 Not uncommon. 



2. Slcm lateral. 



8. P. squamosus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, but tough, flabelliform, 

 expanded, pallid, variegated with broad, adprcssed, spot-like, 

 centrifugal scales; stem excentric and lateral, blunt, reticu- 

 lated above, black at the base ; pores thin, irregular, at length 

 broad, angular, and torn, pallid. — Grev. t. 207. Huss. i. t. 33. 



On trunks of trees, especially Ash. Extremely common. 



9. P. Rostkovii, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, but tough, dimidiate, 

 somewhat infuudibuliform, smooth, even, dingy; stem long, 

 excentric, reticulated^ alu'iiptly black, thickened at the base; 



