Fungi with Pores—Polyporacee 
their attractive colours. They exhibit phosphorescence in early 
stages of decay. The tubes are minute and short and of a 
bright sulphur colour. Only the young plants should be used 
for food. 
Polyporus squamosus 
Polyporus squamosus is found often on decayed ash trees and 
sometimes on others. The cap has a thick lateral dark stem and 
is pale yellow tinged with brown, and covered with dark scales. 
It is reported to have been found seven feet in circumference, 
with a weight of forty-two pounds, and that it attained this 
growth in the short time of four weeks. 
Polyporus lucidus 
Polyporus lucidus has a lateral stem which, with all but the 
margin of the cap, is highly polished, as if varnished, and is in 
colour a rich mahogany brown. 
Polyporus arcularius (Sez Prate Facine Pace 142) 
Cap—Dark brown, minutely scaly, depressed in the centre; 
margin stiff, edge hairy, no flesh. 
Tubes—Dingy cream colour. Openings oblong, almost diamond- 
shape, resembling the meshes of a net, drawn from stem to 
the margin of the cap, the meshes smaller on the margin, 
and simply marked out at the top of the stem. 
Stem—Dark brown, minutely scaly, mottled, with a ground 
work of cream colour. Older stems are roughened at 
the base with whitish hairs. Hollow. 
Spores—Creamy white. 
Habitat—The specimen pictured was found growing on decayed 
branches of an oak tree in North Carolina. 
Polyporus versicolor* 
Polyporus versicolor has a leathery cap, thin and rigid, plane, 
depressed at the attached portion, velvety, shining with varie- 
gated two-coloured zones. The pores are minute, round, with 
acute and ragged edges. White, then yellowish. It is common 
on decaying tree trunks and upon telegraph poles. 
Squa-mé'-siis Li'-¢l-diis Ar-cii-la’-ri-tis Vér-ste'-8-18r 
* Known also as Polystictus versicolor 
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