DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXII 
TYPES OF PORE-BEARING FUNGI (POLYPORACE.R) 
Fig. i. — Polyporus elegans, showing the abruptly black base of the 
excentric stem and the decurrent pores. 
Fig. 2. — Polystictus perennis : young and confluent specimens. 
Fig. 3. —Ditto : adult, showing the almost plane, zoned pileus. 
Fig. 4.— Polyporus umbellatus, showing the numerous pileoli. (One- 
quarter natural size.) 
Fig. 5.—Ditto : section showing the decurrent pores. 
Fig. 6 .-—Merulius lacrymans on worked wood. 
Fig. 7. — Strobilomyces strobilaceus. 
Fig. 8. —Ditto : section showing the transverse dissepiments of the 
tubes, and the remains of the veil on the margin of the pileus. 
Fig. 9. — Trametes gibbosa : group of imbricated plants. 
Fig. 10.—Ditto: section showing the unequal tubes running at 
varying depths into the flesh cf the pileus. 
Fig. 11 .—Dcedalea quercina, showing the sinuous gill-like pore openings. 
Fig. 12.—Ditto: section showing the long tubes. 
