Coriaceous, dimidiate, sessile. 1662, 1663
Resupinate. igg4) jggg
Resupinate or effuso-reflexed, of uncertain affinity. 1666
Fig. %2.—Desdalea quercma Pers. One-half natural size.
A , upper surface; b , lower surface; c , section.
1658. D. quereina Pers. (from its habitat—oak, quercus) abc.
P. somewhat zoned, rugulose, uneven, somewhat smooth, buff-
brown, darker behind. T. long. Po. at first simple, then
labyrinthine, edge obtuse, whitish-salmon. Flesh pale sienna.
Single or imbricate ; perennial. Sometimes on squared timber. Jan -Dec
7 in. bometimes resupinate. Occurs in peat-beds in the eastern counties
and m the lake-side pile-dwellings of Switzerland and Italy.
1659. D. aurea Fr. (from its golden colours; aurum, gold) a c.
P. somewhat zoned, rugulose, uneven, coarsely velvety, orange-
or yellowish-brown. T. somewhat long. Po. simple then
sublabyrinthine, opaque sienna-orange. Flesh sienna-white.
Single to imbricate. Dead oak. 2| in. Pores usually rounder than 1658.
1660. D. eonfragosa Pers. (from the
rough) a b.
pileus ; confragus.
P. roughly rugulose and zoned, buff- or liver-brown. T. somewhat
long. Po. moderately large, chiefly round and oblong, or
sublabyrinthine, pale umber, becoming darker. Flesh pale
sienna.
Single, rarely subimbricate. Oak, willow, poplar, beech, service. Oct.-
Feb. 5® in. In drying smells of stinking fish.
1661. D. einerea Fr. (from its ashy pileus; cinereus, ash-colour) a c.
'p. undulate, zoned, tomentose, whitish-umber to greyish ; z.
darker. T. somewhat long. Po. round to oblong and labyrinthine,
whitish to ashy or biscuit. Flesh white to biscuit.
Single to imbricate ; perennial. Dead trunks. Jan.-Dee. 4® in.
1662. D. polyzona Pers. (from the many-zoned pileus ; Gr. polu-s,
many) a c. , , u u- j
P tomentose, yellowish-brown, darker or reddish behina ; z.
dark brown. T. somewhat long, sometimes in two strata. ^ Po.
sublabyrinthine, buff-white. Flesh somewhat thin, buff-white.
Imbricate. Jan.-Dec. 5® m.
1663. D. unieolor Fr. (from its single colour; unus, one, color,
colour) abc. , „ • . ,
P. somewhat rugged, villoso-strigose, zoned, yellowish-brown.
T. moderately long. Po. labyrinthiform, sometimes of two
strata, pale buff. Flesh pale buff.
Single to imbricate, sometimes resupinate and effused w ith small development
of pileus Stumps, rails, birch, beech, acacia, maple, oak, willow-, chestnut,
hornbeam ; common. Jan.-Dee. 4 i in. Flesh sometimes much eaten by
larvæ.
1664. D. latissima Fr. (from its broadly spreading habit ; latus,
broad) abc. - ■ , ,
Sub. from a film to J in. thick, undulate. Po. of varying depths
small, round to sublabyrinthine, narrow, distant, colour ol
washleather; marg. barren.
Dead wood, branches, beech ; rare. 5 in. Sometimes effused for 2 ft.
1665. D. venmieularis Pers. (from the colour, or the worm-like shape
of the pores ; vermis, a worm) a. , • ,
Sub. thin to in. Po. shallow, partly elongated to -g in. deep,
sinuous, round near the barren marg., very pale salmon, or
partly white and partly pale flesh-colour.
On the ground, in contact with wood and earth. Aug. 5® in.
1666. D. ferruginea Schum. (from its colour of iron-rust ; fem m i,
iron) a. . . . n ■ n
P at first white-villous, becoming yellowish-sienna or yellowish-
brown ; z. 2- 3, umber. T. ^ in. deep, round to sublabyrinthine,
tawny or yellowish-sienna ; marg. barren, white-villous. Flesh
I in., pale yellowish-sienna.
Imbricato-connate. Dead w'Ood. i f in.
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