r : «
r.'"»
■I;
I l ;
390 HYDNACEÆ Phkhia
Pénicillium named Coreminm. It grows on naked birch wood or bark.
Sowerby named his oi-xioplt Hydmim erectum ; this grew upon a Polyporus.
There is no drawing by Sowerby in the British Museum collection. It has
also been named Sphæronema hydnoideum Fr. and Hydnum aterrimumYx.\
LXXV. PHLEBIA Fr.
(From the veined appearance of the hymenium; Gx. phleps, a vein.)
Resupinato-effused, amphigenous, waxy-soft or subgelatinous, from
the first covered with crowded interrupted persistent veins which
Fig. 90.—A , Phlebia inerisinoides F r. ; B , section of ditto ;
two-thirds n atu ra l size ; c, veins enlarged.
are entire, not jagged, at the edge, rarely anastomosing and forming
pores. Becoming cartilaginous or horny when dry. Basidia tetrasporous.
(Fig. 90.)
Dead wood, stumps and branches. Species 1765—1769
1765. P. merlsmoides Fr. (from the resemblance of the wrinkled
hymenium to that of the non-British section Merismatæ. of
Stereum) abc.
Whitish-orange or whitish-vermilion; mid. livid, pale purplish;
marg. strigose, vermilion-white. Ve. simple or slightly branched,’
straight, crowded, never reticulate or porous.
Stumps, branches, naked wood, bark, leaves, moss, grass, oak, beech, holly
ulum, cherry. Aug.-Tan. 3I in.
Phlebia HYDNACEÆ 391
1766. P. radiata Fr. (from the radiate veins) a b c.
Orbicular, vermilion-orange or vermilion; mid. darker; marg.
vivid orange-whitish. Ve. straight.
Dead wood, birch, mountain ash ; rare. 2® in. ; group 5® in. When in
perfect condition forming somewhat large, conjoined, more or less hexagonal
growths as in the carapace of a tortoise. Thinner and brighter in colour
than the other British species.
1767. P. eontorta Fr. (from the intricate veins; contorqiieo, to
twist) abc.
Yellowish, sienna or brownish or dull red flesh-colour or red-
vermilion. Ve. conglomerate, branched, flexuous, much
smaller than 1765-6, or as in Dadalea on a reduced scale.
Decayed wood, furze; rare. ® in. ; mass 2® in. Forming more or less
conjoined circular patches.
1768. P. vaga Fr. (from the wandering appearance of the veins;
vagus, wandering) abc.
Adnate, waxy, dull yellowish, central parts sometimes purplish or
grey; marg. flaxy-fibrillose and powdery. Ve. forming intricate
wrinkles which often terminate in a granulose papilla.
Dead wood ; common. Jan. 6| in.
1769. P. lirellosa B. & Br. (from the veins, like small furrows; lira,
a ridge or furrow) a b.
PPym. veined, interstices resembling small, round or elongate
pores, umber-grey to white.
Dead branches, poplar. 3i in. Purple-blackish in drying. The interstices
resemble the pores of Trametes. Sometimes confused with Dadalea.
LXXVI. GRANDINIA Fr.
(From the granular appearance of the hymenium; grando, hail.)
Crustaceous, effused, thin, soft. Hymenium resupinate, amphigenous,
waxy, not dry as in Odontta. Granules small, persistent.
ui'i ,
t f