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1605a. P. obllqua Achar. (from the oblique growth of the tubes) a c.
Sub. very thin; marg. barren, sometimes recurved, forming a
narrow P. T. more or less elongate owing to oblique growth,
usually minute, -jij- to -J- in. long when not oblique, orange-
brown or cinnamon, sometimes of two strata. Flesh colour
of Po.
Trunks, logs, rotting wood. 4 X 2® x jtg in. Regarded as a species of Fames
by Cooke and Saccardo.
1606. P. umbrina Cooke (from its brown colour; umbrinus, browncoloured)
a.
Undulato-tubercular, full to dingy umber; marg. smooth salmon-
or vermilion-white, paler than pore-surface. Sub. thin but
variable. T. somewhat long, varying. Po. minute, roundish,
unequal; sienna.
Trunks. 3® in. Fames umbrma Saccardo.
1607. P. resupinata W. G. Sm., Boletus resupinatus Bolt, (from its
resupinate habit) a.
Undulato-tubercular, spongy-coriaceous, umber, yellowdsh vinous-
umber or ferruginous. Sub. thin fibrous. T. long, varying,
sometimes stratose. Po. minute, pore surface nodulose to
plane, umber.
Broadly effused. Trunks, branches, hazel. Feb. 3I in. This may be a
resupinate form of 1560 or 1561. Compare 1605a. Fames resupinata
Massee.
1608. P. ferruginosa Karst, (from its rusty colour; ferrum, iron)
abc.
Undulato-tubercular, ferruginous or cinnamon; marg. barren,
sometimes refiexed as a narrow P., ochre or rust colour, with
white mycelium at edges of new growths. Sub. thin but
varying. T. long, varying, sometimes 2-stratose or reduced
to in. Po. medium to minute, brown. Myc. white to
ochreous.
Imbricate, broadly effused. Trunks, branches, posts, sticks, abele, beech,
oak, pine, alder, bramble, sometimes on dead leaves ; common. Oct.-
May. Si in. At first appearing asa confervoid stratum. Fames ferruginosa
Massee.
1609. P. eontigua Karst, (from its close investment of sticks, e tc .;
contiguus, continuous) a c.
Somewhat plane, cinnamon or yellowish-sienna, dingy when o ld ;
marg. barren. Sub. thin, from J- in. to a membrane. T. short.
Po. somewhat large, brownish. Myc. ochreous.
Effused, less so than in 1608. Trunks, branches, sticks, rotten wood, etc.,
pines, sweet-gale, maple, hornbeam; uncommon. 3 in. Sometimes
wholly investing branches.
1610. P. violacea Cooke (from its violet colour) a c.
Plane, purple with marg. paler or whitish, or deep purplish to
crimson-brown, with marg. light or ivory, clouded rufous.
Sub. a film. T. short. Po. round or wrinkled as in
Merulius.
Effused, determinate. Stumps, trunks, poles, fir; frequent. Aug.-May.
4 in. Allied to Merulius. Must not be confounded with 1604, m which
the pores are deeper and torn and the margin reflexed.
1611. P. p u rp u re a Cooke (from its purple colour) a c.
P l a n e , purple-lilac ; marg. barren, paler. Sub.afva. / ’.short,
Po. minute. Myc. mucedinous, flocculose, white.
Stumps, willow, beech. 3 f in. The violet colour disappears in drying.
1612. P. in c a r n a t a Cooke {incarnatus, flesh-colour) a c.
Plano-undulate, coriaceous, marginate or immarginate, dark fleshcolour
or orange, becoming dark purple-brown-crimson or
purple-blackish; marg. broad, white or ochreous, sometimes
vinous-clouded, sometimes shortly reflexed as a narrow P.
Sub. a film. Po. short, unequal.
Effused. Fir ; rare. June-Nov. 6® in. Sometimes with barren patches.
Must not be confounded with 1604.
1613. P. r u f a Cooke (from its reddish colour; rufus, red) a c.
Plano-undulate, umber, vinous-umber, blood-red-rufous or deep
reddish ; marg. barren, byssoid when young, greyish. Sub. a
film. Po. short.
Effused. Trunks, sticks, branches, etc., broom, beech, bird-cherry. 3® in.
1614. P. rh o d e lla Cooke (from its rose-colour ; Gr. rhodon, a rose) a.
Plane, soft, white, flesh-colour, vermilion-salmon or Indian-reds
a l m o n ; marg. determinate, salmon. a film. Po. short,
minute, not torn.
Effused. Trunks, fir, beech. Aug. 4Ì in. Thinner than 1613.
1615. P. m ic a n s Ehrb. (from its glittering pores ; mico, to glitter) a c.
Plane, often with rain-drop-like barren depressions on surface,
whitish-flesh or biscuit-colour ; marg. flaxy, byssoid, white.
Sub. a membrane. T. short. Po. minute, irregular, angular.
Effused, orbicular, confluent. Dead wood, rotten trunks, ash. Nov.
3® in. Fugacious.
1616. P. n it id a Pers. (from its shining pores ; nitidus, shining) a c.
Plane, bright yellow to pale sienna-yellow; marg. villosodeterminate.
Sub. a membrane. T. short. Po. round,
minute.
Effused, subadnate. Dead wood ; rare. Mar. 3® in.
1617. P. Lm s ta d ii Cooke (after C. P. Ltestadius) a b.
Plano-tubercular, brittle, separable, bright lemon-yellow, whitishsulphur
or ivory-salmon when dry; marg. not barren, edge
minutely and narrowly fibrillose. Sub. thin, white. T. short,
of different depths. Po. very minute, sinuous.
Effused, sometimes stratose as if perennial. Deal boards, sometimes in greenhouses.
Aug. 3® in.
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