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horizontal stem ; pores short, minute, dirty-Avhitc. — Hnss. i. 

 t. 52. 



On old oaks, with Fistulina hepatica. Rare. Apethorpe, 

 Norths. Kent, Mrs. Hussey. A most distinct species. 



14. P. lucidus, Fr. ; pileus corky, flahelliform, sulcato- 

 rugose, yellow, then sanguineous, chestnut, varnished and 

 shining, as well as the lateral stem ; pores determinate, long, 

 minute, white, then cinnamon. (Plate IG, fig. 2.) 



On the ground, about old stumps. Not uncommon. Ex- 

 tremely beautiful when well grown. Very common in the 

 tropics. Stem very variable in length and position. 



3. Pilci numerous, springing from a common trunk, and arising 

 from the subdivision of the primary pileus. 



15. P. intybaceus, Fr. ; very much branched, fleshy, rather 

 brittle ; pileoli very numerous, dimidiate, stretched out, sinuate, 

 at length spathulate and nearly even, greyish-brown ; stems 

 united into a short trunk ; pores firm, obtuse, Avhite, becoming 

 brown. — Huss. i. t. 6. 



On trunks of trees. Very rare. Inverary, Rev. C. Smith, 

 Kent, Mrs. Hussey, etc. Esculent. 



16. P. cristatus, Fr.; branched, fleshy, firm, brittle; pileoli 

 entire and dimidiate, imbricated, depressed, between villous 

 and pulverulent, then rimoso-squamose, brown, tinged with 

 green ; stems connate, irregular, white ; pores minute, angular 

 and torn, dirty-white. — Rostk. t. 16. 



In beech-woods. Very rare, Dickson. 



17. P. giganteus, Fr.; imbricated, fleshy, but tough, then 

 subcoriaceous ; pilei dimidiate, very broad, somewhat zoned, 

 rivulose, bright-brown, depressed behind ; stems branched, 

 connate from a common tuber ; pores minute, nearly round, 

 pallid, at length torn. — Huss. i. /. 82. 



