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POLYPORUS SQUAMOSUS.
Great scaly Polyporus.
C l a s s a n d O e d e b CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, « « . - N a t . O e d . FUNGI, L in k ,
Grev.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Hymenmm cum pilei substantia hmrmgeneum et concretum, poris dissepimentis te.
nmbus szmphcibus instructum.-Pileus subcarnosus vel suberosus, plerumque
sub-sessihs, substantia fibrosa sicca.
Hymenium of the same substance as the pileus, not separating from it, and
turnished with pores, connected by simple dissepiments.-Pileus sub-
carnose or corky, mostly subsessile; substance fibrous and dry.
S PE C IF IC CHARACTER.
P o l y p o r u s s q u a m o s u s ; àmplus; pileo carnoso, subochraceo, plus minusve
squamoso; pons pallidis ; stipite sublaterali obeso.
P. la rg e ; püeus carnose, o f a somewhat ochraceous colour, more or less
scaly; pores whitish; stipes subiateral, thick and swelling.
P o lyporus sq u am o s u s . Fries, Syst. y. 1. p . S43.~Grev. FL Edin. p s q q
B o l e t u s s q u am o s u s , Huds. FL Angl. p . 626. - B 0U. Fung. t. 7 7 .-B e lh FI
Cantab, e d . 3. p . 5 4 7 .-W ith . Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v . 4. ^ S s . - f ! Ban
t 1 19 6 - S o w . Fung. t. 2 6 6 .-P u r t. Midi. FL v. 2 . p. 666.-Hoolc. FL Lond.
New Irenes, c um ic.—Fl. Scot. p t. 2. p . 27.
B o l e tu s platyporus, Pers. Disp. Fung. p. 2 7 '.-Comment, p. 4 0 . -N ™ Fun^
p .5 2 t.— A lb.e tSchw.p.%45. /^yn. Fung.
B o l e tu s J u g la n d i s , BuU. Champ, p . 3 4 4 . t. 19— Schoeff. Fung. t. 101, 102.
— De Cand. FL Franç. v . 2 . p . \2 \ .—Ejusd. Syn. p . 25.
B o l e tu s p o lym o rp h u s . Bull. Champ, t. 114.
B o l e tu s r a n g if e r in u s , Bolt. Fung. t. 138.
B o l e t u s cellulosus, Lightfi. FL Scot. p. 1032.
B o l e tu s subsquamosus, Batsch. Fung. t . 10. f. 41.
c o n v e x o -p la n u s , p o r is am p lis s im is a lb id is . Hall. Hist.
A u r icu la flammea Malchi, Sterb. Fung. t . 13, 14.
Hab On stumps and decaying trunks o f trees, especially those o f the Ash
CFraxmus excelsior). Autumn. Very common.
Pileus in the very young state scarcely more than the diameter of the stipes,
b u t It rapidly enlarges, and ultimately attains a foot or more in breadth.
In Its form it is exceedingly irregular, but most commonly it is rather
orbicular, at first slightly convex, then plane, and at length concave, the
margin somewhat waved, entire, rarely lobed. Colour ochraceous, dai-k-
er in the centre. Surface covered more or less with appressed (rarely
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