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P. abietinus (Dicks.) Fr. (Lat., of the spruce). 



Bolderwood. Vinney Ridge. Burley. Park Hill. Rhinefield. Irons- 

 hill. Mark Ash. Ridley. 



On dead wood of conifers and birches. Very common. Top white, 

 pores purple. 



Genus 6. PORIA Pers. (Gr., poros, a passage, the plant being mainly composed 

 of tubes). Entirely resupinate — a mere film or crust of pores. 

 P. vulgaris Fr. (Lat., common). 

 Near Lyndhurst. Holmsley. 



On fallen branches. Not common in the Forest. 

 P. mollusca (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., softish). 

 Ramnor. Denny. 



On fallen branches. Not common. 

 P. medulla-panis (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., crumb of bread). 

 Denny. 



On rotten wood. Uncommon. 

 P. vaporaria Pers. (Lat., a flue ; from the tubes). 



Ramnor. Woodfidley. Ashurst. Holmsley. New Copse. Mark Ash. 

 Ridley. Brockis Hill, etc. 



On fallen twigs and branches. Very common. White to ochre- 

 coloured. Pores large, angular. 

 P. umbrina Fr. (Lat., umber-coloured). 



Queen's Bower. Knightwood. Denny. Burley New Inclosure. Tan- 

 tany Wood. 



On dead wood. Not uncommon. Brown ; like Fomes ferruginosus, 

 but not stratose. 



Genus 7. TRAMETES Fr. (Lat., irama, weft, on which the generic distinction 

 is based, the tubes being sunk into it and not forming a distinct 

 layer). Pores oval or elongate. 

 T. gibbosa (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., humped). 



Knightwood. Burley. Mark Ash. Denny Wood. Obere Corner. 

 On stumps and posts. Frequent. White. 

 T. rubescens (A. and S.) Fr. (Lat., becoming red, reddish). 

 Rhinefield, 1905. Beaulieu Road. Denny. 



On felled and decaying beech and on sallows. Like Dadalea 

 conjragosa, but pores turn pink. 

 T. mollis (Sommerf.) Fr. (Lat., soft). 

 Knightwood. 



On fallen branches. Uncommon. 



Genus 8. D/EDALEA Pers. (From Dadaius, the maker of the labyrinth, in 

 allusion to the sinuous and labyrinthiform tubes). 

 D. quercina (Linn.) Pers. (Lat., of the oak). 



Whitley Wood. Bolderwood. Queen's Bower. Pig Bush. IronshilL 

 Gritnam. Mark Ash. Rhinefield, 



On dead oak stumps and trunks. Common. 

 D. COnfragOSa (Bolt.) Pers. (Lat,, rugged, uneven). 

 Holmsley. Pig Bush. 



On alders and sallows. Uncommon. Thinnish. Pores hardly 

 sinuous. 



Genus 9. MERULIUS Hall. (Lat,, merula, a blackbird, on account of the colour 

 of some species. Subgelatinous. Tubes very shallow, resembling 

 irregularly united folds or wrinkles. 

 M. tremellOSUS Schrad. (Lat., quivering ; from its jelly-like consistency). 

 Ridley Wood. Denny. Mark Ash. 



On stumps and fallen branches. Not common. 

 M. corium (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., leather). 



Rhinefield. Near Lyndhurst. Mark Ash. 



On stumps and fallen branches, especially gorse. Frequent. 

 W. lacrymans (Jacq.) Fr. (Lat., weeping). "Dry-rot." 

 Near Lyndhurst, 



On trunks, etc. Not common in the Forest. 



