254 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



22. D^DALEA, P. 



Hymenopliorum dcsccuding iuto the traraa without auy 

 change. Pores, wlicii fully formed, torn, toothed, or laby- 

 rinthiform. 



1. D, quereina, P.; pilcus corky, rugged, unequal, nearly 

 smooth, of the same colour ^yithin ; hymeniura at first po- 

 rous, then broken up into \yaved or gill-like, labyriuthiform 

 sinuses; edge obtuse. (Plate 19, fig. 5.) 



On oak-stumps, rails, etc. Not uncommon. Sometimes 

 resupinatc. Very near some states of Lenzites, but evidently be- 

 longing to the pore-bearing, rather than the gill-bearing series. 



2. D. confragosa, P. ; pileus corky, coriaceous, rather con- 

 vex, scabrous, somewhat zoned, self-coloured, brownish-red, 

 subferruginous or wood-coloured within; hymeiiium porous, 

 then labyriuthiform and torn, at length reddish -brown. — Bolt. 

 t. 160 ; Sow. t. 193. 



On willows, service, etc. Rare. Bristol, C E. B. King's 

 Cliffe, etc. Sowerby's plant is the same with Bolton's. 



3. D. unicolor, Fr. ; pileus coriaceous, corky, villoso-stri- 

 gose, cinereous, with zones of the same colour ; sinuses laby- 

 riuthiform, flexuous, intricate, acute, then torn and toothed. — 

 Soiv. t. 325. 



On stumps, etc. Very common. 



4. D. latissima, Fr. ; corky, hard, thick, undulated, red- 

 dish-brown or pallid wood-colour ; pores thin, distant, very 

 obtuse, roundish and elongated, flexuous. — Soiv. t. 424. 



On dead branches, or on the ground. Rare. 



23. MERULIUS, Fr. 



Ilyracnium soft, waxy, forming porous, reticulate, or si- 

 nuous, toothed folds. 



