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but that the various isolated specimens known specifically as P. spadiceus, 
P. microcyclus, P. tabacinus and P. substygius really belong to the same 
species. P. callimorphus Lévy, is a near relative. 
Previously reported from Chili, Juan Fernandez, New esindid and Java. 
POLYSTICTUS SPADICEUS (Jungh.) Fr. var. BARBATUS (Murr.) 
comb. nov. 
Cycloporellus barbatus Murr. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 35 (1908) 397. 
Polystictus barbatus Sacc. & Trott. Syll. Fung. 21 (1912) 321. 
LUZON, Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 8208 Curran & Merritt, Novem- 
ber—December, 1907. 
It hardly seems warranted to make a distinct species of this fungus as 
in microscopic and macroscopic characters the fruiting surface and context 
are identical with that of P. spadiceus (Jungh.) Fr. The distinction occurs 
in that the specimens of this collection, as the name given it implies, 
possess a long tomentose covering on the upper surface. This surface is 
also somewhat darker. The tomentum varies from short hairs at the outer 
margin, up to 3 mm in length near the place of attachment of the pileus. 
In typical specimens of P. spadiceus the upper surface varies in character 
from short-tomentose to smooth and appears velvety rather than hairy. 
Collected only in the Philippines. 
POLYSTICTUS SUBVERNICIPES (Murr.) Sacc. & Trott. Syll. Fung. 21 
(1912) 320. 
Coriolus subvernicipes Murr. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 35 (1908) 397. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 2144 Ramos, February, 
1907, on Cassia fistula (cotype of Coriolus subvernicipes Murr.), Bur. Sci. 
2145 Ramos, February, 1907, on Mangifera altissima. 
This species is published by Saccardo and Trotter as P. subverniceps, an 
error in the spelling of the specific name. 
Reported only from the Philippines. 
POLYSTICTUS VINOSUS Berk. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II, 9 (1852) 196. 
Nigroporus vinosus Murr. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 32 (1905) 3861. 
LuzON, Province of Benguet, Sablang, Bur. Sci. 12864 Fénix, November-— 
December, 1910: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 2148 Ramos, Feb- 
ruary, 1907: Province of Bataan, Mt. Mariveles, Merrill 3695, January 1, 
1904. MINDANAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., June, 
October, 1907. 
The previous collections of this fungus were made in Cuba, which spe- 
cimens were made the type of Murrill’s genus Nigroporus. This is not the 
same as Polyporus badius Jungh., as reported by Bresadola in Hedwigia 
53 (1912) 54, but quite distinct. As Murrill states for the Cuban material, 
“the species is easily recognized by by its wine-colored context.” The same 
characterization holds true for the Philippine specimens. Besides this, in 
the Philippine collections, the pore surface of the young growing specimens 
is also of the same color; changing later to brown. The pileus of P. badius 
is considerably thicker than that of P. vinosus and is striate to fibrillose- 
striate while the latter shows no signs of striae. The pores of P. vinosus 
measure but 100 » while those of P. badius are 285 u across. Both species 
are well represented in the herbarium of the Bureau of Science. 
