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1618. P. bombyeina Cooke (from the silky membranous subiculum;
bombyx, silk) abc.
Sub. very thin, translucent; marg. byssoid. Po. large, angular,
sinuous; marg. arachnoid-velvety, pale buff or white.
Efiused. Rotten wood ; rare. Sept. 3 in, The grain of the wood sometimes
shows through the extremely thin substance.
1619. P. aneirina Cooke (from the margin not being woolly as in
1618; Gr. an, not, eirineos, woolly) a c.
Sub. thin, coriaceous, somewhat flaxy; marg. byssoid. Po. shallow,
large, waxy, fulvous, tawny, warm biscuit-colour or bright orange-
yellow ; marg. flaxy, becoming waxy, white. Myc. buff-white.
Effused. Dead wood, branches, poplar, pine under the bark ; rare. Oct.
4 in. Contracting and becoming torn in drying.
1620. P. ramentaeea Cooke (from one of its habitats, chips, ramentd)
a b.
Sub. thin, tomentose, white. Po. somewhat large, hexagonal,
honey-colour; marg. almost obsolete, irregular, warm-ivory.
Somewhat orbicular. Dead br.anches, fir. Sept. I® x i in. Cartilaginous
and horny when dry. Barren patches occur on the hymenium.
1621. P. eineta Cooke (from the encircling, erect strigose fibres;
cingo, to encircle) a. White to ivory.
Sub. membranous, sometimes barren, and with lacuiice; marg.
byssoid. Po. extremely minute.
Old deal boards, rotten planks ; rare. 3I in.
become confluent and form a subiculum.
the
Patches of vertical strigcs
brownish flesh-colour ;
in. long. Po. minute.
1621a. P. fuseoearnea Cooke (from
fuscus, dark brown, caro, flesh).
Stib. thin; marg. definite. T. -(-g to
fawn-colour when fresh or vinous-brown, graduated paler.
Rotten wood, putrid trunks. X 3 in.
1622. P. armeniaea W. G. Sm., Polyporus armeniaeus Berk, (from
its apricot-colour; arineniacmn, apricot) a b.
Sub. membranous to \ in, or more thick; marg. thin, well
defined, minutely downy or byssoid. Po. shallow, to -J in.
deep, rounded, somewhat irregular, minute, white, then bright
buff, or glancing with the light, ochreous on side view, bright
foxy-brown on full view.
Broadly effused, suborbicular, confluent. Bark, pine. Nov.-April.
X in. Sometimes a rugged, free pileus is formed. Cooke refers
this to 1566, but the spores are different in shape and size.
1623. P. Rennyi Cooke (after James Renny) a b.
Sub. thin to somewhat thick, pulvinate, at first somewhat frothy,
then dry and pulverulent; marg. byssoid. Po. minute, few,
irregular in depth, here and there elongated, white, becoming
lemon or pale buff. Myc. gelatinous, partly byssoid.
Odour pungent. On the ground, rotten wood, running over Marchantía, fir.
Nov. 2® X i in. Pores sometimes absent or subiculum with large barren
patches.
1624. P. suhfuseoflavida Cooke (from the pale brownish-yellow
colour • subfuscus, somewhat AxAy, flavidus, yellow) a c._
Sub. thin,’ coriaceous, dry; marg. thin, byssoid, determinate,
white. Po. minute, irregular, white, then yellowish-brown or
glancing white and grey-brown.
Broadly effused, confluent. Dead oak wood, planks, etc. 2§ in.
1625. P. viridans Cooke (from its pale seruginous colour; virido, to
become green) a c. , u rr ^i,»
Sub. thin. Po. minute, shallow, white, ivory or pale butt, then
pale verdigris; marg. pulverulento-tomentose.
Effused, crustaceo-adnate. Rotten wood; rare. Sept. 2§ in. Sometimes
a mere thin, pale teruginous film without pores.
1626 p. te rr estris Cooke (from its terrestrial habit) a c.
Sub. very thin : marg. arachnoid flaxy, fugacious with a byssoid
white edge. Po. shallow, minute, angular, becoming smaller
and scattered towards the wide, barren marg., white, becoming
pale umber or faintly rufescent.
Effused. Black earth, red clay, rotten wood ; uncommon. May-Nov. 4 in.
1627. P. suhgelatinosa Cooke (from the somewhat gelatinous
subiculum) a b. ■ , c . ■ a
Orbicular, forming small pulvinate masses with an obtuse raised
border, at first tomentose and pallid, becoming black and
subgelatinous. Po. somewhat large, others small, variable in
size, pale grey.
On dead wood, on 1566. i | in.
1628. P. medullapanis Cooke (from its colour like pith or bread;
medulla, pith,panis, bread) abc.
Somewhat undulate, firm; marg. barren, whitish, sometimes
upturning and separating from matrix. T. somewhat long.
Po. medium size.
Decayed branches, mulberry, oak, hornbeam, on the ground ; uncommon.
Sept.-Feb. 4® in. Sometimes in certain positions 4-0 stratose.
1629 P. mueida Pers. (from its mucid substance) a c.
Sub. somewhat thick, soft, elastic; marg. barren, indeterminate,
flaxy. Po. shallow, medium size, unequal, torn white to
ochre-white. Myc. spreading and often forming small orbicular,
transparent, barren patches.
Effused in long patches. Decayed fir. 3® in. Thicker than 1634.
1630. P. Vitrea Pers. (from its shining glassy appearance as if wet;
vitrum, glass) a c. , . uw i.
Sub. somewhat thick. T. somewhat long, translucent ''Jitish.
Po. minute, entire, roundish, whitish, becoming buff-white or
vinous-buff-whitish.
Broadly and unequally effused. Dead wood, fir, on the ground under beech ;
uncommon. Aug. "Mar. 3® h“ With the appearance of shmmg wax.
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