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margin acute, inflexed ; pores short, round, equal, quite 

 entire. 



On trunks. Scotland, A. Jcnlon. Bath, C. E. B. Thin, 

 ahout an inch across. 



23. P. fragilis, Fr. ; dirty- white, spotted with brown when 

 touched ; pileus fleshy, fibrous, brittle, piano-depressed or ver- 

 siform, rough with fibres, convex below ; pores thin, elongato- 

 flcxuous, intricate. 



On fir. Cornwall, Mr. Ralfs. 



24. P. csesius, Fr. ; white, here and there tinged with blue ; 

 pileus fleshy, soft, tough, unequal, silky ; pores small, unequal, 

 elongato-flexuous, torn and toothed. — Soiv. t. 226. 



On fallen sticks, etc. Not uncommon. About an inch 

 across, sometimes resupinate. Spores green. 



25. P. destructor, Fr.; pileus fleshy, watery, brittle, effuso- 

 reflexed, wrinkled, dirty-white, tinged with brown, zoned 

 within ; pores long, rounded, toothed and torn, dirty-white. 



On larch and Scotch fir. Scotland, Mrs. Wyyme. North- 

 amptonshire, in several localities. Sometimes almost resu- 

 pinate or eff'use, with scarcely any free margin. 



26. P. nidulans, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, but tough, very soft, 

 somewhat pulvinate, villous, then nearly even, zoneless, red- 

 dish-grey, of the same colour within; pores long, middle- 

 sized, unequal, angular, tawny, inclining to tile-red. 



On fallen sticks. Not common. Sherwood Forest, on 

 mountain ash. A resupinate form was sent from Scotland 

 by Dr. Bauchop. 



27. P. rutilans, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, but tough, thin, soft, at 

 first villous, then smooth, zoneless, taAvny-cinnamon, turning 

 pale, of the same colour within; pores short, minute, thin, 

 equal, acute, cinnamon. — Pers. Ic. et Descr. t. 6. /. 4. 



On fallen branches. Not common. Wynnstay. Denbigh- 

 shire. When fresh, has a sweet scent, like that of anise. 



