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pores decurrciit, broad, pentagonal, acute, toothed, white, then 

 dirty-yellowish. — Rostk. t. 17. 



On old stnmps. Rare. Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. 

 Much thinner than the last. 



10. P. picipes, Fr. ; pileus flesliy, but coriaceous, rigid, 

 tough, e\en, smooth, depressed behind and in the centre ; stem 

 exeentric and lateral, equal, firm, at first velvety, then naked, 

 dotted black up to the round, small, tender, white, then red- 

 dish-grey tubes. — Grev. t. 202. 



On trunks of trees. Not uncommon. Pileus ochraceous 

 or rufous. 



11. P. varius, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, but tough, thin, soon 

 woody, smooth, somewhat virgate, irregular, depressed behind 

 or in the centre; stem exeentric and lateral, even, smooth, 

 becoming gradually cinereous downwards; pores decurrcnt, 

 minute, short, round, unequal, whitish, then watery-cinna- 

 mon.— 5o/^. /. 168. 



On trunks of trees. Not uncommon. 



12. P. elegans, Fr. ; pileus equally fleshy, soon hard and 

 Avoody, flattened out, even, smooth, self-coloured ; stem ex- 

 centric or lateral, even, smooth, pallid, from the first abruptly 

 black at the base, rooting; pores plane, minute, nearly round, 

 whitish-yellow, becoming pallid, — Bolt. t. 83. 



On trunks of trees. Not uncommon. The limits of these 

 three species are, however, very diflieult to seize. P. num- 

 muJarius, whose pileus scarcely exceeds an inch in diameter, 

 and is occasionally almost velvety when young, though quite 

 smooth when old, has, perhaps, quite as great pretensions to 

 be separated as a species. 



13. P. quercinus, Fr. ; pileus soft, corky, tongue-shaped, 

 very thick, convexo-plane, even, at first flocculoso-granulatcd, 

 tun-coloured, becoming pallid, narrowed Ijchind into a thick. 



