NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
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Polyporus (Merisma) acanthoides, Fr. Hym. Eur., 540. 
Imbricated, multiplex, tough then leathery ; Pileoli infundibuli- 
form, incised and dimidiate, somewhat zoned, longitudinally rugose, 
becoming ferruginous , stems connate, branched, pores sinuous , thin , 
edge toothed, white , then rufescent. — Pers. Ic. Piet ., t. 6. B. Br. 
Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1964. 
On trunks or the ground. Penzance. 
Polyporus (Placodermei) pectinatus, Klotsch. in Linn. VIII. p. 485. 
Fr. Hym. Enr., 559. 
Pileus between corky and woody, hard, triquetrous, concen- 
trically plicate above, scaly , tomentose, ferruginous brown, pores 
small, short, obtuse, gilvous, naked. — B. Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., 
No. 1965. 
On trunks. Penzance. 
“We follow Fries, though with some hesitation, in considering 
the European forms figured by Quelet identical with the Indian 
species. It cannot, however, be referred to either P. salicinus 
or P. conchatus .” — B. Br. 
Polyporus (Resupinatus) mucidus, Fr. Hym. Bur., 577. 
Effused, rather thick, somewhat immersed, soft, white, growing 
pallid, circumference indeterminate, byssoid, pores of medium size, 
unequal and torn. — B. Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1967. 
On old decayed wood of firs. Penzance. 
Daedalea cinerea, Fr. Sys. i. 336. Hym. Bur., p. 588. 
Pileus between corky and woody, thick, rather undulate, 
zoned , tomentose , cinereous ; pores minute, obtuse, quite entire , 
some rounded, others very long and labyrinthiform, flexuous, in- 
tricate, white, or cinereous. 
On beech. Penzance. 
“ The thick substance separates this from every form of D. uni- 
color ; also the inciso-strigose surface of the pileus.” — B. Br. 
Hydnum aureum, Fr. Hym. Eur., 613. 
Subiculum determinate, rather cartilaginous, contiguous, smooth, 
golden yellow, circumference dentate and radiating ; spines subu- 
late, equal, of the same colour. — B. Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 
1970. 
Penzance. 
“ A fine species, with a meruloid aspect.” 
Hydnum denticulatum, Pers. Myc. Eur. n. 1 81. 
Longitudinally effused, rather feshy, ochraceous-yellow, shining, 
subiculum thin, smooth, rather farinaceous, spines crowded, equal, 
margin denticulate. — B. $ Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1971. 
On wood. Penzance. 
Irpex carneus, Fr. Hym. Eur., 622. 
Effused, between cartilaginous and gelatinous, membranaceous, 
adnate, growing reddish, teeth obtuse or subulate, entire, united at 
the base. — B. fy Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1972. 
On bark. Penzance. 
“ When perfect it is a true IrpexP 
