FOMES. 219 



Fomes cytisinus. Berk. 



Dimidiate, imbricated, 8-12 in. long, 4-6 in. broad, pileus 

 coarsely tubercnlated, hard, woody, margin slightly incurved, 

 flesh about 1 in. thick behind, becoming thin towards the 

 margin, fibrous but hard and compact, whitish ; tubes 1 in. 

 long behind, shorter in front, pores minute, rounded, 

 whitish ; spores subglobose, 5 /*. diameter. 



Polyporus cytisiwag. Berk., Engl. Flora, vol. v. p. 142 ; 

 Berk., Outl., p. 247 ; Stev., Brit. Fung., p. 207. 

 . Boletus suherosus, Sow., t. 288. 



On laburnum. 



Imbricated, above a foot across, dimidiate, quite smooth 

 (at least when dry), but coarsely tuberciilated. Substance 

 slightly zoned, very thick and close, pale, evidently com- 

 posed of two or three successive layers. This is certainly 

 the same as Boletus suherosus, Sowerby. (Berk.) 



Fomes connatus. Fr. 



Between corky and woody, effuso-reflexed, densely im- 

 bricated, growing into each other, velvety, greyish-white ; 

 flesh white, zoned ; tubes stratose, pores minute, roundish, 

 white. 



Polyporus connatus. Fries, Epicr., p. 472 ; Cooke, Hdbk., 

 p. 278. 



On old trunks. Often running up the trunk for one or 

 two feet in an imbricated manner, the pilei growing into 

 each other; margin usually obtuse, often, only slightly 

 reflexed from a continuous, effused basal portion. From 

 2—4 in. across or more. 



The colour of the pores varies when viewed in different 

 directions, in some positions glistening with a satiny sheen. 



** Pileus rose-colour. 



Fomes roseus. Fr. 



Somewhat caespitose. Pileus 2-5 in. broad, i— 1 in. thick, 

 corky, inclining to woody, hard, triangular, even, somewhat 

 banded, rose-colour, more or less obscured by a greyish-black 

 bloom ; internally floccoso-fibrous, rose-colour ; pores minute, 

 round, rose-colour ; spores 6 /a. long. 



Polyporus roseus. Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 372; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung., p. 206. 



