136 MUSHROOMS. 



woody. Stem lateral, equal, varnished, shin- 

 ing, of the same color as cap. Pores are long, 

 very small, white and then cinnamon color. 

 It grows on and about stumps during the 

 summer. Cap is from 2 to 6 inches broad, 

 and the stem 6 to 10 inches long, and 1 or 

 more thick. 



POLYPORUS VERSICOLOR = changeable. 

 The Changeable Polyporus. 



This species is also common. It is found on 

 dead wood, in all forms and colors. Cap 

 variegated with different-colored zones ; leath- 

 ery, thin, rigid, depressed behind, becoming 

 velvety. Pores minute, round, acute and torn, 

 white, turning pale or yellow. 



POLYPORUS BLEGANS = elegant. 

 The Elegant Polyporus. 



Cap 2 to 4 inches broad, of one color, pallid, 

 ochraceous or orange, shining, equally fleshy, 

 and then hardened, becoming woody, flattened, 

 even, smooth. Flesh white. Stem eccentric 

 or lateral, even, smooth, pallid at first, abruptly 

 black and rooting at the base. Pores plane, 

 minute, somewhat round, yellowish-white, pal- 



