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On trunks.
Always soft fragile hyaline white when moist, whitish when dry, about
1 in.broad. Spores white, oval, '0008 X '00013 m. nry, aoout
7 5 8 . Polyporus fragilis. Fr. “ Fragile Polyporus.”
Whitish spotted with brown wben touched; pilous between
tieshy and fibrous, fragile, piano-depressed, or versiform, fibroso-
rugose, convex below ; pores slender, elongated, flexuose, intricate.—
Dr. Epicr. p. 454. Ann. N .H . no. 710.
On fir. Cornwall.
7 5 9 . Polyporus cæsius. Fr. “ Blue-grey Polyporus.”
White, here and there tinged with blue ; pileus fleshy soft
tough unequal, silky ; pores small, unequal, elongated, flexiiose!
dentate, and torn.—Dr. Epicr. p. 454. Sow. t. 226 Ena F l v
p . 139. F l. Dan. t. 1963./. 2. J- ■ •
On fallen sticks. [Mid. Carolina.]
ti imbricated and laciniated, somes
frp i/te , very delicate, changing when touched to bluish ; flesh thin •
mleus iP 'r ’n somefrmes oblique, and deeper pileus.—A/. J. B. Spores pale blue, oval, '0001X 'OOOS intl.iiiu the flesh of the’
7 6 0 . Polyporus destructor. Fr. “ Destructive Polyporus.”
Pilens fleshy, watery, fragile, effused or reflexed, rugose,
whitish tinged with brown, zoned within; pores long, rounded
toothed, and torn whitish.—Dr. Epicr. p. 454. Kromhh. t. 3,
f . 3. Rostk. t. 27. Bisch.f. 3422. Kl. exs. no. 225. ’
On larch and Scotch fir, and on the ground. [Mid. Carolina.]
Waved and incrusting, broad, wholly resupinate.
7 6 1 . Polyporus nidulans, Fr. “ Nestling Polyporus.”
_ Pileus fleshy, tough, very soft, subpulvinate, villous, becoming
even, not zoned, reddish-grey, within of the same colour ;
pores long, medium sized, unequal, angular, tawny, inclining to
fe-ick-red.—Dr. Dyiicr.p. 455. Schoeff. t.l3 6 l Ann. N .H.no.34h.
Kl.exs.no.809, 1914.
On fallen sticks.
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7 6 2 . Polyporus rutilans. Fr- “ Eeddish Polyporus.”
Pileus fleshy, tougb, tbin, soft, at first villous, tben smooth,
not zoned, tawny cinnamon, growing pale, of tbe same colour
witbin ; pores short, minute, tbin, equal, acute, cinnamon.—
Fr. Epicr. p. 455. Pers. Ic. 4 Desc. t. 6, / . 4. Ann. N .II. no. 346.
On fallen branches. July.
When fresh very soft, of a beautiful reddish grey, and with a powerful hut
pleasant odour, like that of aniseed. —B. &Br.
7 6 3 , P o lyp o ru s fum o su s . Fr. “ Smoky Polyporus.”
Pileus fleshy, corky, firm, without zones, silky, becoming
smooth, undulated, dingy pale umber, dilated and adnate
behind, fibrous within and somewbat zoned ; pores sbort, round,
minute, wbitisb or dingy, darker when bruised.—Dr. Epicr.
p. 456. Tratt. Aust. t .3 ./. 5. F l. Dan. 1.1963. / . 2. Fl. Boruss.
i.392. Bail. t. 31. Fckl. exs. 1391.
On stumps.
Cæspitose or imbricated, thick, of a smoky hue.
7 6 4 . P o lyp o ru s a d u s tu s . Fr. “ Scorched Polyporus,”
Pileus fleshy, tougb, firm, tbin, villous, pallid cinereous,
margin straight, blackish, effuso-reflcxed behind; pores short,
minute, round, obtuse, whitish pruinose, soon cinereous brown.—
F r .E p ic r .p . 456. Fl. Dan. i. 1850,/ . I . B a ts c h ,f.226. Sow.
t. 231. Eng. F l. v. p . 139. Kl. exs. no. 620. ii. 412. Fckl. exs.
1390.
On stumps. [United States.]
Pores very small and grey, even in younger specimens always leaving a
ihitish margin on the underside, which will readily distinguish it.—Nmo.
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7 6 5 . P o lyp o ru s c r isp u s.
Fr. “ Crisped Polyporus.”
Pileus fleshy, tough, coriaceous, rugose, blackisb-cinereous,
effuso-reflexed behind ; margin tbin, crisped, at length black ;
pores ratber large, unequal, at length labyrintbiform, silvery-
grey.—Fr. E p ic r.p . 457. Batsch, f . 227.
On stumps. [Mid. and Up. Carolina.]
Smaller than P. adustus. Pileus when young dingy black, flocooso-rugose,
without zones; margin white, when mature thinner, becoming pale-grey,
with a brown marginal zone.
7 6 6 . P o lyp o ru s a d ip o su s. B . f B r . “ Foxy-white Polyporus.”
Wbite, here and tbere acquiring a foxy tinge ; pileus soft,
waxy, shortly reflexed, obscurely tomentose; bymenium rather
tbick ; pores small, edge obtuse.—Berk. Outl. p. 243. Ann. N . H.
wo. 711.
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