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7 7 3 . P o lyp o ru s p a lle s c e n s . F r. “ Pallid Polyporus.”
Pilens fleshy, spongy, then corky, thin, zoneless, even, smooth,
yellowish ; margin acute, of the same colour ; pores short, minute,
roundish, yellowish white.—Dr. Epicr.p. 463. Sow. t. 230. Enq.
Fl. y .p . 141. Fchl.exs.no. 1379.
On old stumps. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.]
Thin, imbrioafced, 2-3 in. or more broad, with aoaroely any trace of zonea,
more or less tuberoulated, pores minute, many quite superficial, but toward!
the base a line or more deep, with a pulverulent appearance, aiisiog from a
very minute down.—Af. J .A . ’ k u o a
7 7 4 . P o lyp o ru s v e g e tu s . Fr. “ Lime Polyporus."
Pileus broad, dilated, smootb, opaque, brown, annual zone
broad, concentrically sulcate, substance floccose, lax, very thin ;
cnticle of the second season thick, separable ; pores minute, seceding,
umber, each annual stratum separated by a distinct floccose
layer.—Dr. Epicr.p. 464. Ray. Syn. ii. app. 335.
On lime trees.
7 7 5 . Polyporus applanatus. Fr. ” Flattened Polyporus.”
Pileus expanded, tuberculose, obsoletely zoned, pulverulent,
or smootb, cinnamon, becoming whitish, cuticle crustaceous’
rigid, at length fragile, within very soft, loosely floccose ; margin
tumid, white, then cinnamon; pores very small, sub-ferruginous,
orifice whitish, brownish when bruised.—F r.E p ic r.p . 465. Batsch
f . 130. Bull. t. 454, f . G. Fl. Boruss. t. 393. Fchl. exs. no. 1388.
On trunks. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.]
7 7 6 . P o lyp o ru s fom en ta r iu s. Fr. “ Dingy-hoof Polyporus.”
Pileus ungulate, dilated, thick, smooth, remotely and concentrically
zoned, smooth, opaque, dingy, becoming whitish, soft
mtbin, floccose, tawny-ferruginous, cuticle tbick, very hard, persistent;
margin, and very long minute pores, distinctly stratose, at
first pruinose, then ferruginous.—Dn. Epicr. p. 465. Lenz. f. 48.
Sow. 1.133. Batt. t. 37,/. E. Eng. F l. y .p . 144. Kl. exs. no. 222.
Schnz. 1.1 6 , / 28. Fchl. exs. no. 1386.
On trunks. Common. [United States.]
Pilens 4.5 in. broad subtriangnlar, obsoletely zoned, nodulose, brownish-
grey, resembling coffee slightly tinged with milk, sometimes in age, es-
n growing on bireh, nearly white, occasionally tinged with
bright yellow ; margin m general sub-acute, but sometimes very obtuse,
substance reddish-brown, varying iu density. Pores very minute, stratified,
whitish, glaucous, or yellowish-grey, at length ferrugmous, the mass of
them generally concave.—M.J.B.
7 7 7 . P o l y p o r u s n i g r i c a n s . Fr. “ Blaok-hoof Polyporus.”
Pileus pulvinate, very tbick, densely and concentrically sulcate,
smootb, sbining, black, cuticle very bard, crustaceous, varnished,
persistent, internally very hard, ferruginous ; margin very obtuse,
ferruginous ; pores very small, plane, confluent, stratose, naked,
of tbe same colour.—Dr. Epicr.p. 466. Eng.Fl. y.p. 144. Bisch.
f. 3426.
On birch.
Similar in form to P. fomentarius, but manifestly distinct.
7 7 8 . P o l y p o r u s i g n i a r i u s . Fr. “ Eusty-hoof Polyporus.”
Pileus at first tuberouloso-globose (immargiuate), even, witb
a tbin flocculent crust which becomes wbite, tben ungulate ferruginous,
becoming blackisb-brown, opaque ; cuticle concrete,
pitted unequally, very hard, as well as tbe zoned, ferruginous
flesb ; margin rounded ; pores very small, convex, stratose, cinnamon,
at first wbitisb.—Dr. Epicr. p. 466. Lenz. f. 47. Fckl.
exs.no. 1383 (?) Now./. 182. Mich. t. 62. Eng. Fl. y .p . 144.
Vent. t. 6 1 ,/. 4. Kl. exs.no. 363.
On willows, poplars, plums, &c. Common. [United States.]
The pileus is narrower and much thicker than in P. fomentarius, resembling
a horse’s hoof; margin obtuse, and the mass of tubes in general plane or
very convex. Occasionally the pileus is imperfectly developed.—Ai. J . A.
7 7 9 . P o l y p o r u s f u l v u s . Fr. “ Tawny-hoof Polyporus.”
Pileus between woody and corky, very bard, globoso-tubercu-
lose, tben triangular, subimbricate, at first hairy or villous, pale
tawny; margin rounded, internally of tbe same colour, radiating
and zoned; pores sbort, round, rather minute, cinnamon, at first
covered with a cinereous-yellow dust.—Dr. Epicr.p. 466. Bostk.
t. 31. Tratt. Aust. t. 5 ,f. 9. Batt. t. 37, H. B. 4 Br. Ann. N .H .
(1866), no. 1138. Br.Bath. Trans. 1870,p. 83.
On decayed trunks. Batheaston.
Distinct from P. igniarius, to which it is allied.
7 8 0 . P o l y p o r u s r i b i s . Fr. “ Currant-bush Polyporus.”
Pileus corky, coriaceous, ratber soft, somewbat plane, velvety,
nearly even, ferrugmous, tben umber; margin acute ; pores