. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. POLYPOREI. Polyporus. ** Pileus very smooth. No British species. II. PLEUROPUS. Pileus pliant or corky &c. A. Lenti. V\\z.\\ fleshy-pliant, £c. * Pileus scaly orfloccose. 9. P. squamosus Fr.—Pileus 3 ;£ ft. broad, somewhat ochraceous, variegated with broad, adpressed, spot-like, centri- fugal, darker scales, fleshy pliant, fan- shaped, flattened. Stem excentric and lateral, obese, reticulated at the apex, blackish at the base. Pores thin, variable (at first minute), then large angular and torn, pallid. Handsom


. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. POLYPOREI. Polyporus. ** Pileus very smooth. No British species. II. PLEUROPUS. Pileus pliant or corky &c. A. Lenti. V\\z.\\ fleshy-pliant, £c. * Pileus scaly orfloccose. 9. P. squamosus Fr.—Pileus 3 ;£ ft. broad, somewhat ochraceous, variegated with broad, adpressed, spot-like, centri- fugal, darker scales, fleshy pliant, fan- shaped, flattened. Stem excentric and lateral, obese, reticulated at the apex, blackish at the base. Pores thin, variable (at first minute), then large angular and torn, pallid. Handsome, commonly very large, some- what central and umbilicate when young, at length lateral, very variable in shape. On trunks and stumps, chiefly ash. Common. May-Nov. When young a mere swollen blackish lump. Spores oval, white, 14 x 6 mk. Name—squama, a scale. Scaly. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 532. Syst. A4yc. \. p. 343. Berk. Out. p. 238. C. Hbk. n. 742. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 698. Grev. t. 207. Rostk. t. 2. Ventur. t. 37. Hussey i. t. 33. -Huds. Bolt. t. 77. SchcBff. t. 101, 102. Bull. t. 19. Harz. t. 32. Fl. Dan. t. 983, 1196. Paul. t. 16. Sterb. t. 13, 14. B. pileus fuliginous. 10. P. Michelii Fr.—Pileus cent. (2-3 in.) broad, yellow- ish-white, fleshy-pliant, depressed, repand, slightly silky, some- what squamulose. Stem 4 cent. (\l/2 in.) long, somewhat lateral, bulbous, rough, white, becoming fuscous at the base. Pores large, somewhat round-oblong, entire, white. Allied to P. squamosus. On stumps. Penzance. Name —after Micheli. Fr. Hym. Enr. p. 533. Syst. Myc. i. p. 343. B. &> Br. n. 1963. Rostk. t. i.—MtcA. t. 2. 11. P. melanopus Fr.—Pileus cent- (2~3 in-) broad, white then yellowish-fuscous, fleshy-pliant, plane then infundi- buliform, at first delicately flocculose; flesh thick, white, soft, not. LXIV. Polyporus sqiiamosus. One-seventh natural Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been d


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