OMITTED SPECIES. 419 



base, entirely deep orange-red, glabrous ; spores elliptical, 

 colourless, slightly curved, continuous, 12 x 5-6 /i. 



On dead wood. 



The cup is shaped somewhat like a rabbit's ear, and attached 

 obliquely at the back to a very short stem. Colour un- 

 changed when dry. Soft and rather gelatinous when moist, 

 homy when dry. 



Pol3rpoms gilvus. Schwein. 



Pileus fleshy, inclined to be tough, effuso-reflexed, soft, 

 even, almost glabrous, zoneless, reddish - yellow ; margin 

 spreading, thin, acute; pores minute, rounded, naked, rusty 

 yellowish-red, dissepiments entire. 



Polyporvs gilvus, Schweinitz, Carol., n. 897 ; Fries, Hym. 

 Enr., p. 548 ; Stev., Fung. Brit., p. 199. 



Boletus impuber. Sow., t. 195. 



On trunks. 



Effused for 2-4 inches, sometimes almost entirely re- 

 supinate. Pores about ^ mm. diameter, dissepiments thick, 

 entire. 



Included in the British Flora on the opinion expressed by 

 Fries that Boletus impuber. Sow., is the present species. 



Usually longitudinally effused, byssoid when growing in 

 close places, soft to the touch, velvety, but sometimes so 

 indistinctly as to appear smooth. (Fries.) 



Geaster saccatus. Fr. 



Exoperidium cut into 6—9, thin, very acute and long 

 pointed segments that become revolute ; endoperidium 

 globose, sessile; peristome acute, silky, surrounded by a 

 distinct depressed circle ; capillitium smoky, threads 4-5 fi 

 thick ; spores globose, minutely warted, 2 '5-3 /u, diam. 



Geaster saccatus. Fries, S.M., 3, p. 16; Grev., 11, t. xx. 



On the ground. From 1—2 in. across when expanded. 

 Allied to G. lageniformis, Vittad., agreeing with G. micheli- 

 anus in the acuminate apex before dehiscence, but quite 

 distinct in the much thinner exoperidium, &c. 



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