1923] Weir,—Note on Poria fatiscens 165 
refers to Merulius bellus B. & C., which shows some advance in his 
knowledge of the morphology of the species. However, as late as 
1897, he collected additional material at Newfield and described it 
as new. 
SPECIMENS ÉXAMINED. 
ExsiccATI: Ravenel, Fung. Am. 428 in U. S. D. A. copy: Ravenel, 
Fung. Car. Fasc. 2: 21; Ellis N. A. F. 2d Ser. 804, 3513, 1712 (part 
of same collection used by Ravenel). 
District or CoLumBIa: Washington, Rock Creek Park, J. R. 
Weir (19070), on bark of Fagus; Washington, Rock Creek Park 
(22289), on bark of Quercus. 
Fromma: W. W. Calkins (Florida Fungi) under P. tenellus and 
P. fatiscens later duplicate of former (U. S. D. A. Herb.) on Quercus. 
InpIANA: Scottsburg, J. R. Weir (22275), on bark of Quercus 
alba. 
New Jersey: Newfield, J. B. Ellis 1825, type of Polyporus tenellus 
(in Ellis Herb.) on pine boards; Newfield, J. B. Ellis, Ellis N. A. F. 
3513, 2d Ser., type of Poria subviolacea; Newfield, J. B. Ellis, N. A. F. 
804, on pine and cedar wood; Newfield, J. B. Ellis (in Ellis Herb. 
and in Farlow Herb. under P. farinella) on bark and leaves of Quercus; 
L. M. Underwood, Oct., 1905, reported under Poria incerta (Pers.) 
Murr. in Myc. 12: 79, 1920 (N. Y. Bot. Garden Herb.) on bark of 
juniper. 
New York: Griffins, C. H. Peck, type of Polyporus semitincta 
(in Peck Herb.) on wood of Acer, the type is mostly in an undeveloped 
state; Lindenville, C. H. Peck (in Peck Herb.). 
Marne: Kittery Point, R. Thaxter (22266), on bark of Quercus. 
Micuican: Frankfort, E. T. Harper (2220), on bark of deciduous 
tree. 
RuopE Istanp: Providence, J. F. Collins (22214), on bark of Quer- 
cus. 
SovTH CAROLINA: Aiken, H. W. Ravenel, in Ravenel Fung. Amer., 
428, on pine boards referred by Burt to Merulius bellus B. & C. 
No. 1712 N. A. F. 2d Series is a part of the same collection; Ravenel 
Fung. Car. Fasc. 2: no. 21, type of Polyporus fatiscens, on dead branch- 
es; Ravenel 1372 in part (Curtis Herb.) 
Vermont: Bethel, P. Spaulding (22300), on Quercus. 
VinGINIA: Clarendon, J. R. Weir (22225), on bark of Quercus; 
Mt. Vernon, J. R. Weir (30535), on bark of Taxus baccata; Great 
Falls, J. R. Weir (30583), on wood and bark of Juniperus virginiana. 
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