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gelatinous in substance. The pore surface consists of serpen- 

 tine lines, but these lines are much more shallow than in 

 Dcedalea, appearing as small pits. The plants are usually at- 

 tached to the substratum by the back of the cap (resupinate). 



Merulius lachrymans Fr. (weeping; referring to the watery 

 drops on the pileus). 



East Hartford, Haunter; Xew Haven, Clinton. 

 Merulius tremellosus Sch. (resembling Tremella). 



Xew Haven, Clinton. 



FOMES Fr. 

 Fames, tinder. 



The plants of this genus are separated from other genera 

 of the Polyporaceae by the hard and woody texture of the cap, 

 even in the young plants. This cap is covered by a hard, 

 rigid cuticle which is not zoned, but the plants are perennial 

 growers, adding a new layer of tissue over that of the preced- 

 ing year, making them distinctly stratose. In other words, 

 the substance of the cap is composed of layers of mycelium 

 and spore-bearing tissue. These layers may be seen if a 

 cross section be made. As the new mycelial tissue spreads 

 over the old, the latter dies, so that only the new growth is the 

 living substance of the plant. 



The species of Fames are classed by the older writers in 

 the genus Polyporus. 



Fomes annosus (Fr.j Cooke, (aged). 



East Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Fomes applanatus (Pers.) Fr. (piano, to level). 



East Hartford, Hanmer; Mansfield, April. Plate 

 XXXV; the upper specimen. 

 Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. (smoky). 

 = Elfvingia fomentaria (L.) Murrill. 



Mansfield, March (350). Plate XXXV; the lower 

 specimens. 

 Fomes igniarius (L.) Fr. (fiery). 

 = Pyropolyporus igniarius (L.) Murrill. 



Goshen, Underwood; Mansfield, May (351)- 



