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8 3 3 . M e ru liu s m o llu s c u s . Fr. “ Thin Merulius.”
Effused, tbin, soft, membranaceous ; margin byssoid, wbite;
folds poroso-gyrose, flesb-coloured.—F r. Epicr. p . 501. Fers.
M.E. 1.1 4 ./. 1 , 2. Ann. N.H . no. 712.
On dead wood. Eare. Penzance. [Mid. Carolina.]
Hymenium dark brown when old; sometimes shortly reflexed, and then
the hymenium not reticulated, but from the first gyrose and toothed.
8 3 4 . M e r u liu s p o r in o id e s. Fr. “ Porose Merulius.”
Crustaceous, adnate, tbin, circumference byssoid, wbite, folds
poriform, distant, dirty yellow.—Fr. E pic r.p. 501. P ers.M.E.
<.14,/. 7. Ann. N .H . no. 358.
On dead wood, cbips, &c. Rare. [United States.]
8 3 5 . M e r u liu s ru fu s . P. “ Eufous Merulius.”
Crustaceous, adnate, smootb, flesb-red, circumference almost
naked, hymenium equally porous, of tbe same colour.—Dr. Epicr.
».502. Pers. M .E . 1.16, f . l , 2. Ann. N.H.no. 351.
On fallen oak boughs. [Mid. Carolina.]
“ This has a very Polyporus-Iike appearance, and I am not certain that
it is anything more than a state of Dædalea confragosa, of which I believe
Trametes ruhescens is a synonym.”—M .J .B .
8 3 6 . M e r u liu s s e rp en s. Fr. “ Creeping Merulius.”
Crustaceous, adnate, thin, becoming smooth, pallid, then reddish,
circumference byssoid, white, folds at first wrinkled, tben
porous, angular, entire.—F r .E p ic r .p . 502. Fckl. exs. no. 2096.
Kl. exs. no. 1006, ii. no. 6.
On dead wood. Rare. Twycross. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.]
Not separable like M. corium.
8 3 7 . M e r u liu s p a lle n s . Berlt. “ Pallid Merulius.”
Adnate, thin, inseparable, paie-reddish, fleshy, subgelatinous,
folds poriform, minute ; margin indeterminate.—Ann. N . Hist,
ser. i. vol. vi. j7.358, no. 151. Berh. Outl.p. 256.
On fir wood. Rare.
8 3 8 . M e r u liu s C a rm lch a e lla n u s.
Merulius. ”
Berh. “ Carmichael’s
Wbite, extremely tbin, forming effused, entirely resupinate,
irregular, interrupted, confluent patches; folds forming regular
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angular reticulations, dnll brown when dry.—Berh. Outl v 256
Grev.t.224. E n g .F I.y .p . 130.
On bark. Rare. Appin.
This minute species forms a mere pellicle, in its dry state of a uniform
dull brown, scarcely distinguishable from the bark on which it grows but
when examined with a moderate magnifying power the regular often hexagonal
reticulations exhibit a yery elegant appearance, like the cells of a
honey-comb, but quite superficial.—ilf. J .B .
3 . Coniophori—spores ferruginous.
8 3 9 . M e r u liu s ia c r ym a n s . Fr. “ Dry-rot Merulius.”
Large, fleshy, spongy, moist, ferruginous yellow, arachnoid
and velvety beneath ; margin tumid, tomentose, w b ite; folds
broad, porous, and gyroso-dentate.—Fr. Epicr. p. 502. F l.D a n .
D Fromhh. t. 46, f . 1-2. Sow. 1.113. Jacq. Misc. t. 8. f. 2.
Berk.Outl t . 2 f . l . Huss.i. t.3 . Eng. F I.y . p. 129. Strauss.
Sturm.t. 4. Price, f . 30. Fchl. exs. no. 1361. P a v e n .f 484 K l
exs. no. 228. '' ' '
In cellars, hollow trees, &c. Common. [Mid. Carolina.]
drib ton j 'J®''.*'"®.™“ » appear they are of a fine yellow-orange, or red-
tle irregular folds, most frequently so arranged as to have
d J / pores, but never anything like tubes, distilling, wben
tVnl 9^ ii'ater. Sometimes the pileus, or substance of the plant
S f ’ P™""®®® pendant processes like inverted cones.-C?re».
Spores feirugmous. Spores oval, rich, orange-brown, -00035 X -00023 in.
(Fig. 68.)
Gen. 2 6 . POROTHELIUM, F r. Obs.
Hymenophore arachnoid, covered
with distinct papillæ, at first closed,
then open like pores. {Fig. 69.)
Hymenophore myoelioid, covered with
papillæ, wliich are at first distinct and
closed, soon opening into pores, which become
elongated and tubular. Submembranaceous,
resupinate fungi.
8 4 0 . F o z o th e lium F z ie s ii. Mont. “ Fries’ Forothelium.”
Effused, confluent, flocculoso-membranaceous, wbite, inclined
to tan colour, circumference simple, papillæ immersed, yellowish,
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