﻿The Mycologic Flora of the Miami Valley, Ohio. 



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13. P. elegans, Bull. Pileus at first uniformly fleshy, but soon 

 hard and woody, explanate, even, glabrous, of one color. Stipe 

 excentric or lateral, even, glabrous, pallid, the base abruptly black 

 and rooting. Pores plane, minute, subrotund, yellowish white or 

 pallid. 



On trunks and branches in woods ; rare. Pileus from two to 

 four inches broad, the stipe variable an inch, more or less. The 

 pileus soon becomes hard and woody ; it does not thin out toward 

 the margin as in the preceding ; the color is a pale ochre or orange, 

 not different on the disk, which is scarcely depressed. The var. 

 nummularius, Fr. , is smaller, thinner, somewhat regular in outline ; 

 the stipe equal, eccentric ; the pileus scarcely an inch across. 



b. Stipe concolorous at the base. 



14. P. rhipidmm, Berk. Pileus caespitose, coriaceous, reniform, 

 concentrically sulcate, alutaceous-white. Stipe lateral, short, di- 

 lated upward. Pores small, angular, denticulate, whitish. 



On old trunks in woods ; rare. Pileus one-half to three-fourths of 

 an inch broad ; stipe one-fourth of an inch or more in length. This 

 curious species exactly resembles Panus stypticus, excepting in the 

 character of the hymenium. It was first described from the Ohio 

 specimens sent by Mr. Lea ; it has been found in New York and 

 is common in the Southern States; it has also been found in Cey- 

 lon, Brazil and Australia. 



II. Suberoso-lignosi, Pileus thick, hard, azonate , stipe stout, 

 vertical, concolorous at the base ; pores long. 



15. P. lucidus, Leys. Pileus corky, then woody, flabelliform, 

 sulcate, rugose, laccate, shining, at first yellow, then reddish 

 chestnut. Stipe lateral, equal, concolorous. Pores determinate, 

 long, minute, white, then cinnamon. 



In low, wet places, about the base of trees and stumps ; com- 

 mon. Pileus 3 — 5 inches broad, the stipe variable ; as it grows 

 in this region, the stipe is always more or less deformed and 

 often wanting ; the pilei, when sessile, are then sometimes imbri- 

 cated and connate. 



III. MERISMA. 

 Out of a common trunk or tubercle are unfolded numerous 



