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PO L Y PO R U S SULPHUREUS.
Sulphur-coloured Polyporus.
CI.AS S a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn—N a t . O r d . FUNGI, Link,
Grev.
GEN ERIC c h a r a c t e r .
Hymenium cum pilei substantia kmnogeneum et concretum, ports dissepimentis
tenuibus simplicibus instructum.— Pikus suhcarnosus vel suberosas, plerumque
subsessilis, substantiaJlbrosa sicca, (F rie s ).
H ym en ium o f th e same substance as th e pileus, n o t separating from it, and
fu rn ish ed w ith pores connected b y th in simple dissepiments— -Pileus sub-
carnose or corky, mostly subsessile ; substance fibrous an d drys
p E c i F i c c h a r a c t e r .
P o l y p o r u s su lphureus ; difformis, polymorplius, sessilis, piléis irregulariter im-
bricatis, glabriusculis, flavo- vel aurantio-rubris ; poris minutis stdplmreis.
P. shapeless, polymorphous, sessile, th e pile i irreg u larly imbricated, somew
h a t glabrous, yellowish or orange red, th e pores m in u te , su lp h u r-co loured.
P o l y p o r u s sulphureus, Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. i. p. 357-
B o l e t u s s u l p h u r e u s . Bull. Champ, p . 347- t . 429-— Sotv. Fung. 1. 135.— With.
Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 397 De Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 120—
Fjusd. Syn. p. 24.—Relh. Fl. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 549 — Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 2.
p. 671.— Hook. Fl. Scot. 2. p. 28. et in Fl. Bond. v. 4. t. 132.
B o l e t u s c itrin u s. Plan. Fung. Erfurt, p. 26.— Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 524.—
Albert et Schrvein. p. 246— Schrvein. Fung. Carol. No. 885— Nees, Syst.
t. 28. f. 219.
B o l e t u s caudicinus, Schæff. Fung. t. 131. & 132.— Scop. F l Cam. p . 524—
F l Dan. t. IO I9.
B o l e t u s ramosus. Bull. Champ, p . 349- t. 418.—Pers. Syn. Fung. p . 549.—
De Cand. Fl. Franç. v. 2. p . 114.— Ejusd. Syn. p . 23.
B o l e t u s coriaceus, Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 625.
B oletus tenax. Light/. F l Scot. p . 1031.—Bolt. Fung. t . 75.
H ab. O n tru n k s o f trees, th ro u g h o u t th e kingdom, b u t n o t o f very frequent
occurrence.
Plant v e ry polymorphous in its shape, an d un eq u al in size, composed o f a
n um b e r o f m ostly imbricated pilei, more or less g row n to g e th e r, so as to
form one mass, from which th e ro u n d ed a n d lobed margins o f th e pilei
project, in a tile d manner, or shoot out into various excrescences, o r even
somewhat cylindrical, simple or div id ed branches ; th e whole sometimes
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