250 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUXGOLOGY. 



ocliraccous. In resupiuate forms of P. iyniarhis the mycelium 

 is white. 



Gl. P. nitidus, Fr. ; eflused, thin, yellow; cireumfcreiice 

 paler, formed of the interwoven myeelium ; pores minnte, 

 roundish, short, saffron-yellow. — Pers. Obs. ii. t. 4. /. 1 . 



On dead wood, llai'c. Bristol, Dr. Stephens. 



G2. P. Armeniacus, B.; suborbicular, confluent, extremely 

 thin ; circumference minutely downy ; pores at first white, 

 then deep buff'. 



On the bark of fir-trees. Appin, Cujjt. Carmichael. Pores 

 often confined to the centre. 



G3. P. bombycinus, Fr.; eff'used, membranaceous, of a silky 

 texture, dirty-yellow ; circumference byssoid ; below velvety, 

 arachnoid; pores large, angular. — Soiv. t. 387. f. 5. 



On dead wood. Not common. Portbury, C. E. Broome, 

 Northamptonshire, etc. The pores vary a good deal in size. 



6 i. P. incarnatus, Fr. ; eff'used, coriaceous, firm, smooth, 

 flesh-coloured ; pores rather long, unequal. — Pe7-s. Myc. Eur. 

 t. IG. /. 4. 



On decaying trunks of fir-trees. Rare. Edinburgh, Dr. 

 GreviUe. Pores of a fine flesh-colour, approaching in some 

 cases to orange. 



65. P. purpureus, Fr. ; broadly and widely eff'used ; myee- 

 lium mucedinous, flocculose, white, creeping on the surface of 

 the decayed wood ; pores short, minute, unequal, obtuse, 

 scattered here and there or conglomerate, purple-lilac. 



On a decayed willow. Very rare. Cotterstock, Northamp- 

 tonshire. P. undatus, Eng, Fl., is not the plant of Pers., but 

 probably a state of P. igniarius. 



** Pores loTiite, or only hecoming pallid. 

 GG. P. cinctus, B. ; white, turning pallid, forming little 

 scattered patches, each surrounded by radiating strigosc fibres ; 



