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332 POLYPORACEÆ Strobilomyces
1516. S. strobilaeeus Berk, (from the top of the pileus, clad with
pine-cone-like scales ; Gr. strobilos, a pine cone) abc.
P. globose to pulvinate, broken into large thick scales ; sc. dark
umber on a pale greyish ground. St. clavate, sulcato-reticulate
above, coarsely fibrillose, white above, vinous-brown below.
T. adnate, with transverse dissepiments, white, shaded dull
brownish. Flesh sienna-brown.
Woods, under f i r , oak, lime, amongst bracken, open grassy places. Aug -
Oct. 6 X 7® X i j in.
LXI. FISTULINA Bull.
(From the pipe-like character of the tubes ; fistula, a pipe.)
Val obsolete. Pileus fleshy, juicy. Stem obsolete. Tubes
cylindrical, free from each other as are the spines in Hydnacea,
but adnate with the substance of the pileus. (Fig. 75.)
Growing on wood. Intermediate between Polyporaceoe and
Hydnaceoe.
Big. I S —F is tu lin a hepatiea Fr. One-third natura l size.
A, tu b e s . X 3. B, o r ific e s o f d itto . X 6.
1517. F. hepatiea Fr. (from the liver-like appearance ; Gr.
of the liver) abc . Imbricate.
/ ’.}[ roundish, dimidiate or subspathulate, rough with minute
points, dull pale purplish-red, red, blood-red, liver-colour or
chocolate, becoming blackish. T. ochre-whitish, then yellowish-
red. Po. distinct. Flesh thick, juicy, red-streaked like beetroot,
distilling a red juice.
Edible when quite ripe. Taste somewhat acid. Trunks, oak, ash, walnut,
willow, beech, chestnut, hornbeam, elm. Aug.-Oct. Diam. i ft. 4 in.
Sometimes attaining a great size with a weight as much as 19 lbs. ; unlike
many Polyporaceæ it perishes in about three weeks after its first appearance.
The “ liver” or “ beef-steak” fungus. Said by Hartig to be the
cause of a deep red-brown decomposition in oak. Ceriomyces (Ptychogaster)
- — ~Ucus is said by Saccardo to be an imperfect state of this.
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LXII. POLYPORUS Mich.
(From the many pores or mouths of the tubes of the hymenium;
Gx. polus, xxxxmy, poros, a pore.)
Pileus woody, corky or somewhat soft, not zoned, flesh thick.
Stem long, short or none, when present simple. Hymenophore
descending and forming a trama between the tubes. Tubes connate
Fig. 76.—Sections of a, Polypomis lentus Berk. ; B, P . R o s tko v ii F r. ; 'C, P . ■umbellatus F r. ; D, P . ccesins F r. One-half natural size.
with the substance of the pileus and not separable from it or from
each other, extended with round, angular or torn pores, not normally
stratose. (Fig. 76.)
Persistent fungi, mostly growing on wood. Odour, if any,
slightly acid. A few are said to be edible. Species 1517a—1575
M e s o p o d æ . Pileus entire or excentric. Stem distinct, vertical,
central, simple, self-coloured, not blackish at the base.
a. Carnosce. Pileus fragile or pliant, dull in colour, scaly or
floccose, not coriaceous, zoneless. Spores white, growing
on the ground. Autumnal. Edible. 1517a, 1518