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1453 L. sæpiaria Fr. (from the habitat, fences ; soepis, a hedge) abc.
P. thin, fiat, lobed, stngoso-tomentose to squamulose, zoned •
tawny-yellow to brown, black when old. G. reaching to and
anastomosing at the base, rigid, firm, yellowish to umber
Flesh tawny to dark sienna.
Often imbricate. Trunks, fences, pine. Jan.-Dee. Diam. 5 in.
1454. L. abietina Fr. (from its habitat, firs, abies) abc .
P. thm flat, tomentose, becoming smooth, umber or yellowish-
nch-brown or deep umber-sienna, zoned dark umber : marg.
bright sienna-yellow, or wholly vinous. G. reaching the base
distant, simple, unequal, not anastomosing but torn into teeth
at the base, salmon or yellowish-brown.
Imbricate. Chiefly dressed fir, deal, trunks, branches. Oct. Diam t i in
bometimes remaining resupinate.
1455. L heteromoppha Fr. (from its varied shapes; Gr. heteros
different, morphe, shape) abc . ’
P. gibbous, rugose, thin to thick, yellowish- or buff-white or
colour of washleather. G. reaching the base, branched,
crowded, often broken into teeth, sometimes effused, colour
Imbricate Fences, sticks, chips, bark, pine. Oct. Diam. a in sometimes
effused to 7 in. or more. ^ ’ ®
Fam. II. POLYPORACEiE.
Hymenium inferior m resupinate species superior, consisting of
— o D o t a “ “ orLngular, s om e tL s
O' '"oody fungi, intermediate between Agari-
eaeea and Hydnacex connected with the former by Trametes and
Dadaka, and with the latter by Fistulina. Species 1456—1686
7 7 of * 0 genera and species is almost identical with
t s L of Fries as expressed in his JLymenomycetes Europxi,
1874- An exception is made in the genus Polyporus, which is here
broken up into four ge.'a&xa—Polyporus, Pomes, Polystictus and Poria,
o -rk k U “ graphia Polypororum, in Grevillea, xiii., pfpt'.® Preecursores ad Mono80
and 114, xiv pp
17, 77 and 109, and XV., p . 19, with additions and corrections on
L f L c 7 u 7 o'® '"“"ft Symbolx Mycologicx
of Fries, pubhsfted in 1851, but in this Fries only suggested that one
bsLacccaarrLdoo,D inn hMxsi,” S Vy ®lloSg°"e' TFftu®n g®o^®ru''“mft,' ‘^m .‘.o, generic rank, viz. Polystictus. 1888, immediately adopted
Satahp ftofo’0''oe to the laborious work of Cooke
that the old genus Polyporus is here broken up into four.
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K e y t o t h e G e n e r a .
Terrestrial.
Tubes easily separable from the hymenophore. Stem
central.................................................................................. 59 Bo l e tu s.
Tubes not separable, very large with transverse dissepiments.
Stem central.................................... 60 S t r o b i lo m v c e s .
Mostly growing on trunks, stumps or w'ood.
Stipitate to sessile. Tubes small, wdthout dissepiments.
Substance fleshy, hard, tough or somewhat
soft................................................................. 62 P o l y p o r u s .
Sessile. ^ ^
Substance fleshy, j u ic y .................................................... 61 F i s t u l i n a .
Substance woody ..................................................... 63 FOMES.
Substance coriaceous, spongy or membranous.
Pores round .............................................................. 64 P o l y s t i c t u s .
Pores oval or elongate .................................... 66 I r a m e t e s .
Pores sin u ous T................................................... 67 D æ d a l e a .
Sessile to resupinate. Substance cartilagino-soft
to subg ela tinous.............................................................. 68 M e r u l iu s .
Resupinate.
Substance thin, w oody or waxy ................................. 65 PORIA.
Hymenophore covered with granules................... 69 POROTHELIUM.
LIX. BOLETUS Dill.
(From the clod-like shape of the pileus; Gr. bolos, a clod.)
Veil universal, forming an annulus, perfect to imperfect or
obsolete. Pileus fleshy. Stem central, fleshy, continuous and homo-
Fie. 73.—A, section of Boletus luteus L., showing gelatinous mem-
b ran iu s veil. B, section of B . edulis Bull., showing a t ‘ tubes
separating from hymenophore. c, section of B . cyanescens Bull.,
young example showing universal floccoso-scaly veil. Une-third
n atural size.
geneous with the hymenophore, annulate to simple. Tubes distinct
from the hymenophore, connected in a stratum, the surface of which