horizontal stem; pores short, minute, dirty-white.—Huss. i.
t. 53.
Ou old oaks, with Fistulina hepática. Rare. Apethorpe,
Norths. Kent, Mrs. Hussey. A most distinct species.
14. P. Ineidus, F r .; pileus corky, flahelliform, sulcato-
rugoso, yellow, then sanguineous, chestnut, varnished and
shining, as well as the lateral stem; pores determinate, long,
minute, white, then cinnamon. (Plate 16, fig. 2.)
On the ground, about old stumps. Not uncommon. Extremely
beautiful when well grown. Very common in tlie
tropics. Stem very variable in length and position.
3. Pilei nmnerous, springing from a common trunk, and arising
from the subdivision of the primary pileus.
15. P. intybaoens, F r .; very much branched, fleshy, rather
brittle; pileoli very numerous, dimidiate, stretched out, sinuate,
at length spathulate and nearly even, greyish-brown; stems
united into a short tru n k ; pores firm, obtuse, white, becoming
brown.—Huss. i. t. 6.
On trunks of trees. Very rare. Inverary, Rev. C. Smith.
Kent, Mrs. Hussey, etc. Esculent.
16. P. eristatus, Fr.; branched, fleshy, firm, hrittle; pileoli
entire and dimidiate, imbricated, depressed, between villous
and pulverulent, then rimoso-squamose, brown, tinged with
green; stems connate, irregular, white; pores minute, angular
and torn, dirty-white.—Rostk. t. 16.
In beech-woods. Very rare, Dickson.
17. P. giganteus, Fr.; imbricated, fleshy, but tough, then
suhcoriaceous; pilei dimidiate, very broad, somewhat zoned,
rivulose, bright-brown, depressed behind; stems branched,
connate from a common tuhe r; pores minute, nearly round,
pallid, at length torn.—Huss. i. t. 8.2.
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On trunks of trees, etc. Rare. Kew. Coed Coch, etc.
Surface of the pileus rough with little granules or scales.
Extremely handsome.
18. P. sulfureus, Fr. ; imbricated, of a cheesy consistence,
soon growing pale and cracking ; pilei very broad, undulated,
nearly smooth, ruddy yellow ; pores minute, plane, sulphur-
coloured, at length torn. (Plate 16, fig. 8.)—Huss. i. t. 46.
On trunks of various trees. Common. Stem generally
obsolete. When dry, often covered with little crystals.
19. P. alligatus, Fr. ; cæspitose, of a fibrous, cheesy consistence,
rigid, but hrittle ; pilei imbricated, unequal, zoneless,
villous, tan-coloured, inclining to red; pores minute, soft,
white, easily obliterated by flocci.— Sow. t. 423.
At the base of trunks. Rare. I am not convinced that
Fries and Sowerhy have the same species in view.
20. P. heteroclitns, Fr.; cæspitose, coriaceous; pilei sessile,
expanded on all sides from a common radical tubercle, lobed,
villous, zoneless, orange ; pores irregular and elongated, dull
golden-yellow.—Bolt. t. 164.
On the ground, under oaks. I am not acquainted with this
species.
21. P. salignus, Fr. ; imhricato-cæspitose, coriaceous, hut
soft; pilei dimidiate, dilated, kidney-shaped, dirty-wliite,
clothed with depressed down, swollen, sulcato-depressed about
the somewhat lobed margin ; pores thin, crowded, elongated,
flexuous, intricate, white.—Bolt. t. 78.
On willows. Not uncommon. Edinburgh, Dr. Greville, etc.
4. Stemless.
* ANonBEMEi.—Pileus at f r s t juicy. Cuticle none.
23. P. chioneus, Fr. ; white ; pileus fleshy, soft, zoneless,
at length even and smooth, somewhat stretched out behind ;