DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXIII 
COMMON POLYPORES 
Fig. i .— Polyporus fumosus: imbricated sporophores growing from 
the side of a log ; tilted to show the greyish hymenial surface. 
Fig. 2 .—Polystictus abietinus : confluent and resupinate plants forming 
a large patch on the lower surface of a fallen branch. 
Fig. 3. —Ditto : an imbricated form growing on a dead but erect 
trunk of Scotch pine. 
Fig. 4. — Fames ferruginosus forming resupinate patches on the inner 
surface of a dead oak branch 
Fig. 5. — Polyporus sulphureus. (One-quarter natural size.) 
Fig. 6. — Polyporus squamosus: group of imbricated plants. (One- 
eighth natural size.) 
Fig. 7. — Fornes fomentarius. (One-quarter natural size.) 
Fig. 8. —Ditto : section showing the stratose tubes. (One-quarter 
natural size.) 
