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1. M. tremellosus, Schrad. ; resupinate, then free or re- 

 flexcd, of a trcmelloid fleshy consistence, white ; margin den- 

 tato-radiate ; folds porous, various, pinkish. — Huss. i. L 10. 

 Boletus arboreus, Soiv. t. 316. 



At the base of decayed trees. Rare. Apcthorpe, etc. 

 Sometimes the edge is beautifully tinged with pink, as in 

 Mrs. Hussey's plant. 



2. M. cerium, Fr. ; resupinate, effused, soft, thin, like 

 paper ; circumference at length free and reflexed, white and 

 villous below ; hymenium reticulato-porous, flesh-coloured or 

 pallid-tan. — Grev. I. 147. 



On dead trunks, etc. Extremely common. Very variable, 



3. M. molluscus, Fr. ; effused, thin, soft, membranaceous ; 

 margin byssoid, white ; folds flesh-coloured, gyrated, and form- 

 ing pores. — Fers. Myc. Eur. t. 14-. /. 1, 2. 



On dead wood. Rare. Penzance, Mr. Ralfs. Hymenium 

 dark-brown when old. 



4. M. Porinoides, Fr. ; crustaceous, adnate, thin ; circum- 

 ference byssoid, white; folds poriform, distant, dirty-yellow. — 

 Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 14. /. 7. 



On dead wood, chips, etc., or on the ground. Very rare. 

 Bristol, C. E. B. 



5. M. riifus, P.; crustaceo-adnate, smooth, red-brown; 

 circumference nearly naked, of the same colour, as also the 

 uniformly porous hymenium. — Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 16. /. 1, 2. 



On fallen oak-boughs. Bristol, C. E. B., etc. This has a 

 very Polyporoid appearance, and I am not certain that it is 

 anything more than a state of Dcedalea confragosa, of which, 

 I believe, Trametes rubescens is a synonym. 



6. M. serpens, Fr. ; crustaceo-adnate, thin_, at length 

 smooth, pallid, then reddish ; circumference byssoid, white ; 

 folds at first mere wrinkles, then forming entire angular 

 pores. 



