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2 7 2 POLTPOEEI.
On the ground.
Yery variable m form sometimes fixed by the apex, sometimes resupinate
W e ’ bat losing much ! f its substance ?n age
when Wtow™l t™»® J substance not when horizontal with the edges even, but often elongatedzo annedd iwrriethsinnl;a rp onreost
Î b ÎÆ Aft“ ^ tomentose, uneven. Turning brownish in drying!
7 6 7 . P o lyp o ru s am o rphn s. M-. “ Amorphous Polyporus.”
Pileus fleshy, tough, thin, generally effuso-reflexed, pores
minute, unequal, golden-yellow, at first dusted with white —P r
D^f«L|L457.Noit'./.423. Nees.f.223. E n g .F l.y .p .l3 9 .F cU .
On the ground amongst pine leaves,
tawny, pruinose when young.-A/. DA. “ “ ate, snort, yellowish, or rich
7 6 8 . . P o lyp o ru s h isp id u s . Fr. “ Hispid Polyporus.”
Pileus compact, spongy, fleshy, dimidiate, pulvinate, hispid
sub-ferrugmous, divergently fibrous within ; pores minute, round,’
inclined 0 separate, fringed p a le r .-D r . E p ic r.p .4 5 8 . ’Orev. I
1^2 161. Sow t. 345. Bull. t. 210, 493. Kromhh. t.48.
On trunks of living trees. Common. [United States ]
times almost smooth and cracked, substanSe fleshy^ut fibroT ¿arkedJrith
"iff®“ “* iutervairiuThicKre
bDrroowwnn , bDeeiloowr npaalSe y™e®llloloww or rich sienn"a' Tbro“w’ n, marginy peallloewr.i—shj,f fo. rDreAdd.ifh!
7 6 9 . P o lyp o ru s c u t ic u la r is . Fr. “ Hairy Polyporus.”
to rS ’j® spongioso-camose, tben dry, plane, hairytomentose,_
ferruginous, tben blacldsb-brown ; margin fibroso
fimbriate, internally loose and parallel, fibrous; pores louff
minute, pallid, tben ferruginous.—D r Evicr r> 458 R 1
N . H. (1866), no. l i s f . Bull. f l 6 2 33 ^ "
On trunks. Burnbam Beeches
POLTPOEEI, 2 7 3
7 7 0 . P o ly p o ru s sp um e u s . Fr. “ Oozing Polyporus.”
Wbitisb. Pileus fleshy, spongy, compact, pulvinate, gibbous,
rugose, hispid; base stem-like ; margin incurved; pores seceding,
minute,round,acute,entire.—Dr. Epicr.p. 459. Sow. t. 211.
Berk. Outl.t. 16, f . 4. E n g .F l.y .p . 139. Ann. N.H.no. 78. Fckl.
exs. no. 1384.
On trunks.
Plant 3-4 in. across, thick, oozing out from the tree in a very soft map,
which hardens in a day, and if it dries favourably the pileus becomes hispid.
—Eng. Fl.
B. Placodermei.
771. P o lyp o ru s d ry ad eu s. Fr. “ Dripping Polyporus.”
Pileus spongy, flesby, tben corky, thick, pulvinate, sub-ferruginous,
turning brown; cuticle tbin, soft, pitted, tben even and
smooth ; flesb fibrous, somewbat zoned, ferruginous ; pores very
long, slender, round, soft, ferruginous, orifice at first paler.—Fr.
Epicr.p. 460. Bull. t. 458. Huss. i. t. 21. Eng. Fl. v. p. 143.
Bostk. t. 9.
A t the foot of old oaks.
Pileus 7 in. or more broad, in. thick, ohtuse, pulvinate, grossly tuber-
culated, minutely pitted towards the edge, and when fresh distilling drops
of moisture, which is sometimes glutinous. When young cinnamon, when
old cinereous or whitish, and the white surface when bruised changes to
red-brown. Mass of spores nearly plane, pores minute red-brown within,
their orifices whitish or sub-cinereous ; substance silky j smell strong, subacid.—
M, J. B*
7 7 2 . P o ly p o ru s b e tu lin u s . Fr, “ Bircb Polyporus.”
Pileus fleshy, tben corky, ungulate, obtuse, smooth, without
zones ; cuticle even, evanescent, brownish, vertex oblique, um-
bonately expanded, adnate ; pores sbort, minute, round, unequal,
wbite, at length seceding.—Fr. E picr.p. 461. Grev. t. 246. Bostk.
t. 22. Bull. t. 312. F l. Dan. 1.1254. Eng. Fl. v. p. 140. Bisch.
f . 3296. Kl. exs. no. 32. Fckl. exs. no. 1387.
On bircb trees.
Pileua 4-6 in. across, smooth, pale reddish-bro-sm when mature, often
mottled, roundish, or somewhat reniform; flesh white, very tliick; pores
white or tinged with brown, narrow, the o r i f i c e s toothed, separable from the
pileus when fresh, but really concrete with it. Spores w h ite .-(?m . iaste
and smell acid.
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