62 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



= Pycnoporus cinnabarinus. 



East Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Trametes odora Fr. (scented). 



East Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Trametes sepium Berk, (atjww, to become rotten). 



Poquonock, Hanmer. 



D^EDALEA Pers. 



6oiSu\eoc, curiously wrought. 



The plants belonging to this genus are found growing on 

 wood, many being especially abundant upon decaying stumps. 

 The peculiar, convoluted appearance of the under surface of 

 the cap is due to the serpentine formation of the pore struc- 

 ture. These pores are rather deep, and the lines somewhat 

 distant. The pore substance is not unlike the cap substance, 

 both being corky in texture. D. qucrcina is perhaps the most 

 common species and occurs abundantly on decaying stumps, 

 especially oak. The distinct character of the pores always 

 identifies it at a glance. The substance of the cap is very 

 closely united with that of the fungus tissue within the wood, 

 and the plant is removed from the host with difficulty. Some 

 few species are attached to the feeding substance by the back 

 of the cap (resupinate), that is, the back of the cap lies flat 

 against the log, the pore surface pointing outward. 



Dasdalea confragosa Pers. (rough, rugged). 



East Hartford, Hanmer; Goshen, Underwood; New 

 Haven, Clinton. Plate XXXIV, at the right. 

 Mansfield, Feb. (361). 

 Daedalea quercina (L.) Pers. (pertaining to the oak). 



Goshen, Underwood; New Haven, Clinton; Mansfield, 

 Mar. (363). Plate XXXIV, at the left. 

 Dasdalea unicolor (Bull.) Fr. (one-colored). 



Goshen, Underwood; New Haven, Clinton; Mansfield, 

 Mar. (360). 



MERULIUS Fr. 

 Merula, a blackbird ; probably from the color of the fungus. 

 Mcrulins is a small genus whose species are somewhat 



