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ones wavy or cut. Pores unequal, decurrent on the stem and 

 branches. Flesh soft, esculent. (Fries.) 



Polyporus frondosus. Fr. 



Tuft ^1 ft. across, very much branched, fibrous, fleshy, 

 rather tough ; pileoli very numerous, ^2 in. broad, smoky- 

 grey, dimidiate, rugose, lobed, intricately recurved; flesh 

 white ; stems growing into each other, white ; tubes short, 

 tender, pores very small, acute, white, round, or torn when 

 in an oblique position. 



Polyporus frondosus, Fr., Syst. Myc. i. p. 355 ; Stev., Fung. 

 Brit., p. 193. 



On stumps, roots, trunks, &c. Flesh white; pores com- 

 monly rounded but oblique, and with the dissepiments torn 

 when in an oblique position. 



Pilei very numerous, dimidiate, forming irregular convex 

 tufts, ^1 ft. high, crowded, imbricated or variously grown 

 together ; at first tomentose, smoky, then glabrous and livid- 

 grey, disc depressed, dilated above, ^2 in., convex, base 

 produced into a stem terminated by a thick, rooting base. 

 (Fries.) 



Polyporus intybaceus. Fr. 



Very much branched, fleshy, rather fragile, pilei numerous, 

 dimidiate, expanded, sinuate, at length spathulate, nearly 

 even, yellowish, or greyish brown ; branches united at the 

 base into a very short, thick, stem-like base ; tubes very 

 short, pores rather torn, whitish-brown ; spores colourless, 

 elliptical, 7 X 3 • 6 /*. 



Polyporus intybaceus. Fries, Epiorisis, p. 446 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 267. 



On trunks. 



Tufts 1-2 ft. across, flaps expanding on every side. 

 Smells like mice. 



Polyporus cristatus. Fr. 

 Stem white, irregularly branched, rather thick, 1-2 in. 

 high ; substance fleshy, firm, fragile ; pileoli 2-3 in. broad, 

 irregular, fleshy, entire or dimidiate, variable in number, 

 sometimes imbricated, depressed, rufous with a more or less 

 decided green tinge, cuticle breaking up and becoming 

 powdery or villous, then cracking into minute scales ; pores 



