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the stipe is usually quite fully developed before Be oe in me 
pileus, the latter developing gradually as a latera _extens 3 
free end of the stipe and becoming dimidiate, derebatis or Sat ae 
form, usually with an entire margin, but sometimes more 
Fic. 
(Natural s 
° ‘é 7, id m”? Leys.) 
‘Ganoderma pseudoboletum (Jacq.) Murrill (Polyporus “Jucidu 
ize), from France 
‘Tenate or rarely somewhat lobed. Sometimes the pileus “ig pd 
Sessile, the stipe being reduced to a stout tubercle, especially bs ss 
the plants grow directly on the side of alog. The plants occur he y 
or in clusters, and sometimes imbricated. One of the stri : : 
characters, which is also a peculiarity of a number of other species, 
